Posted on 01/19/2013 8:39:47 AM PST by darkwing104
The Republic of Mali is a landlocked nation in Northwestern Saharan Africa. Mali is divided into eight regions and has a population of 15 million. The main sources of income for the nation are fishing and agriculture though it is one of the largest producers of gold on the African continent. Since 1992 the country was stable until a coup d’état in March 2012 removed the government and suspended the constitution, claiming that the nation’s President did little to quell a rebellion by a separatist group which was sidelined by al Qaeda trained Islamic terrorist Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The goal of these organizations was to turn Mali and Algeria into Sharia compliant Islamic republics. Being so close to Libya and Egypt it would be safe to assume that they were getting assistance from the Muslim Brotherhood.
The French
Seeing the possibility of Mali falling into the hands of al Qaeda the French launched Operation Serval to assist Mali’s interim government and restore democracy in the embattled nation. Unlike the Obama Administration, France sees an al Qaeda controlled North Africa as a perfect spot from which to launch multiple 9-11 attacks with impunity against western nations. (2)(3) France has deployed troops in the region and is providing air support. Algeria–which has an aggressive anti-terrorism policy–allowed the French to use their airspace against the Islamists in Mali. France has had some success against the Islamists in the Southern region of Mali but the area of the groups control extends to the North and into Southern Algeria. French involvement has been effective in halting a terrorist takeover of Mali. The Islamists had to retaliate.
Algeria
Al-Mulathameen Brigade (Masked Ones), a sub element of AQIM, are known for smuggling drugs, weapons, people and kidnapping—in short
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IIC, Obama sent OUR SOLDIERS into this region...maybe 6 or 8 months ago.
IIRC, Obama sent OUR SOLDIERS into this region...maybe 6 or 8 months ago.
What’s in a name? Any obamite sheethead would be as much the terroristic thing to be destroyed.
I was listening to Rush talk about this earlier in the week. Apparently the US Army had trained the Mali Army for several years, then last year the head of their armed forces pulled a Darth Vader and fell to the dark side. He managed to take off almost all of their heavy equipment and weapons, plus a sizable chunk of their troops, leaving the remaining forces with just light weapons to try and hold him off.
Read what Panetta said....and now guess why he is leaving...I’d say he thinks Obama is nuts....and very much a Muslim.
The Muslim Brotherhood (and its paramilitary branch, al Qaeda) may be involved.
What, a surprise.
For years, France has sought to integrate the Muslim immigrants from their African territories, and even, for a while, had attempted to make Algeria part of “Metropolitan” France. That, of course, fell apart rather abruptly when the Algerian Muslims raised an insurrection, successfully declaring independence in 1962. Ethnic French settlers in Algeria (”pieds-noirs”) were forcibly expelled and returned to France, and the dictatorship of Ben Bella was asserted everywhere in that tormented land. Ben Bella was himself deposed in 1965, by Boumedienne, who ruled with an equally lopsided authoritarian control until the revolts of the 1990’s, again senting the country into near-endless turmoil.
Fishing a main source of income in a landlocked desert country? Even Wikipedia doesn’t mention fishing at all.
what did he say...
Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Sénégal rivers. The country's economic structure centers on agriculture and fishing. Some of Mali's prominent natural resources include gold, being the third largest producer of gold in the African continent,[5] and salt. About half the population lives below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
Encyclopedia of the Nations
Read more: http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mali-FISHING.html#ixzz2IRgNCiIJ
The Niger and its tributaries are extensively fished, and the Mopti region, where the Niger and Bani rivers flood the delta during the rainy season, accounts for 90% of the catch. The Senegal River accounts for most of the rest. Fishermen use nets, harpoons, and snares. About 90% of the fishing catch is dried or smoked for domestic consumption and export; Nile tilapia and North African catfish are the main species. River fishing was severely affected by the 1968–74 and 1982–85 droughts. The total catch was 109,870 tons in 2000.
An another group called the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) that made the Faustian deal with the al Qaeda terrorist organizations that allowed into the northern regions an agreed to turn the country into an Islamic Republic.
Current events involving Mali and Algeria has more twists then a Tom Clancy novel. If I was still on active duty I would need a team of least 10 analysts to keep up with what is going on.
Ha. Silly me, I looked at the ‘economy’ sub-chapter, where fishing is not mentioned at all, while it is in fact mentioned right at the top, as you correctly point out.
LOL! Or like the quote from one of Clancy's novels, "Jinxing like a weasel on a SAM hunt."
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