Posted on 11/04/2021 6:52:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A delegation led by the mayor of Banibangou was ambushed on Tuesday about 50 km (30 miles) from the town, near the border with Mali. The area is overrun by militants associated with a local affiliate of Islamic State that has killed hundreds of civilians in rural communities this year.
A poverty-stricken, arid zone of west Africa encompassing the borderlands of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso has been racked by violence in recent years as armed groups, some linked with al-Qaeda, have sought to establish control over communities and rid the region of local and international military forces. Thousands of civilians have been killed and millions have been displaced.
The militants frequently target local officials including mayors, village chiefs and religious elders in an effort to destabilise communities, leaving them vulnerable to extortion and attack. Hundreds of such officials have been killed or abducted since the beginning of 2018.
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Whites are racist and not needed, good luck.
RE: whites are racist and not needed. Good luck.
Gee. I was just gonna say shouldn’t we send thousands of US troops over there at millions a day in expenses for 20-25 years and then leave in helicopters and cargo planes with them still killing each other in a civil war anyway?
Maybe not.
Just take 500,000 refugees from Africa and put them on entitlements in the US. Charity for the least among us.
What does this have to do with “whites are not needed”??
Tuaregs are “white” as they are Berbers
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