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• Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger is the largest Air Force-led Construction project in recent history. [08/06/2023]
• Niger closes air space citing 'threat of intervention' [08/06/2023]
• BREAKING: Unconfirmed Reports of Wagner Group Personnel Aiding Coup in Niger [08/06/2023]
• Former NATO Commander Warns of 'Devastating' Full-Blown War in Africa [08/06/2023]
• President of Niger: "My country is under attack and I've been taken hostage"; Fears that Wagner Group Might Move In [08/03/2023]
• Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger [08/01/2023]
• Niger's leader detained by his guards in "fit of temper," president's office says [07/26/2023]
• Presidency sealed off in coup-prone Niger [07/26/2023]
• Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali [07/17/2023]
• Milley's military is blundering again -- misrouting sensitive U.S. military communications to some web operator in ... Mali [07/17/2023]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 6/16/2023 Newsdump Friday African Nation Kicks Out UN Force, EU Official Pushes Ban On Chinese Telecom, Xi Hopes American People Can Sustain US-China Friendship, Japan, China, UK Largest Stakes US National Debt [06/16/2023]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 6/9/2023 Newsdump Friday US Secretary of State Going To China, Trump Makes His Case On Social Media, Former British PM Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament, China Slams US "Hacker Empire" Over Spy Station [06/09/2023]
• Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds [05/21/2023]
• Israel joins 140 Countries in UN vote calling on Russia to end military occupation of Ukraine; 7 Countries Refuse to Vote for Withdrawal [02/24/2023]
• Niger lawmakers want gay relationships criminalised [12/10/2022]
• Unspoken Genocide of Christians in Nigeria - The black lives that don't matter [11/28/2022]
• Islamic terrorists linked with the dreaded terrorist group Al-Qaeda kill 132 civilians over the weekend in Mali [06/22/2022]
• An ex-member of one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups has gone public [06/21/2022]
• Russia's arms sales could go to zero over Ukraine [05/03/2022]
• Five African Countries. Six Coups. Why Now? [01/31/2022]
• Former Mali Defender Coulibaly Thanks Colombia's Rodriguez for Help After Heart Attack in Qatar [01/14/2022]
• Russian troops deploy to Mali's Timbuktu after French exit [01/08/2022]
• African military regimes are chasing China out of Africa [11/29/2021]
• Gunmen ambush and kill 69 in Niger's troubled borderlands [11/04/2021]
• Slavery is alive in Mali and continues to wreak havoc on lives [10/29/2021]
• Chinese Nationals Attacked in Pakistan and Mali, Both Related to the CCP's 'Belt and Road Initiative' [07/24/2021]
• News Summary Intelligence Report Sunday 5/30/2021 Political Tension New Government Israel [05/30/2021]
• Military detain Mali's president, prime minister and defence minister [05/25/2021]
• Malian woman gives birth to nine babies [05/07/2021]
• Malian Woman Halima Cisse Expecting 7 Babies Gives Birth to 9 [05/05/2021]
• Deadly protests rock Niger over contested election result [02/25/2021]
• Student was not victim of racism for 'eating while black' at $80k Smith College and made up details that ruined the lives of four campus workers and led to controversial anti-bias training that employee resigned over [02/24/2021]
• Mali: Three French Soldiers Killed in Counterterrorism Operation [12/29/2020]
• Niger to count votes in search of first democratic transition in 60 years [12/27/2020]
• Islamists attack three French military bases in Mali [12/01/2020]
• Al-Qaeda threatens Emmanuel Macron as France kills 50 jihadists in Mali [11/07/2020]
• Gunmen kill 8 in central Mali attack [11/04/2020]
• France Says its Forces Killed 50 Islamic Extremists in Mali [11/03/2020]
• Swiss Missionary Executed, Fellow Hostages Freed [11/02/2020]
• 2 terrorists get death sentences for multiple attacks including 2015 Mali hotel slaughter that killed 20 [10/28/2020]
• THE CALIPHATE RETURNS ISIS taking over swathes of Africa like it did in Syria and Iraq with 'staggeringly brutal' tactics, Pentagon warns [10/27/2020]
• Mali: at least twelve civilians and as many Malian soldiers killed in an attack [10/17/2020]
• Mali Coup Leaders Seized Power Days After Returning From Military Training Camp in Russia [08/25/2020]
• Argument: The Israel-UAE Deal Won't Bring Peace, but It Will Prolong the War in Libya [08/24/2020]
• Mali coup leader [Col. Assimi Goita] was trained by U.S. military [08/21/2020]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Wednesday 8/19/2020 [08/19/2020]
• Mali's President Keita resigns and dissolves parliament after military mutiny [08/18/2020]
• Mali president, PM held by mutinying soldiers: Live updates [08/18/2020]
• Turkey signs military cooperation agreement with Libya's neighbor: Russian think tank [Niger] [07/26/2020]
• Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Mali [07/23/2020]
• Text of a Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Mali [07/23/2020]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 7/10/2020 Newsdump Friday [07/10/2020]
• French Army kills top Al Qaeda leader in Mali (Emir of AQIM) [06/06/2020]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Monday 4/6/2020 [04/06/2020]
• Terrorist groups 'on the march' in West Africa and the Sahel, US general warns [03/11/2020]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 2/14/2020 Newsdump Friday (Holiday Weekend) [02/14/2020]
• Mali plans to increase the size of its army to rein in jihadists [02/02/2020]
• Germany's Schäuble calls for expansion of military operations [01/31/2020]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 1/26/2020 [01/26/2020]
• Merkel in Davos: 'Our mistake was not being prepared for refugee crisis' [01/23/2020]
• UN demands that British army send more women for defense against jihad in Mali [12/25/2019]
• Helicopter collision kills 13 French troops in Mali [11/26/2019]
• Travel Risk Map shows that eight out of top 10 most dangerous nations to visit are Muslim [11/22/2019]
• New Explosion Reported in Mali, At Least Two Servicemen Killed [11/04/2019]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 11/3/2019 [11/03/2019]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 11/1/2019 Newsdump Friday [11/01/2019]
• 60 Missing, 25 Dead in Attack on Malian Base on Burkina Faso Border [10/03/2019]
• In a first, India votes in favour of Israel at UN against Palestine human rights body [06/11/2019]
• Spanish jihadi cell funded through Danish tax fraud on chicken, cheese and chocolate [05/09/2019]
• News Summary-Intelligence Report Thursday 4/18-Friday 4/19/2019 Newsdump Edition [04/19/2019]
• Dozens of Mali villagers killed by gunmen [03/23/2019]
• A Week of Military and Diplomatic Success for Israel; Failure and Humiliation for Iran and PA [01/25/2019]
• The battle on the frontline of climate change in Mali [01/22/2019]
• Albino five-year-old girl is snatched in front of her mother and found decapitated(trunc) [05/15/2018]
• US Niger ambush: Mali militia says it has American vehicle and weapons [03/15/2018]
• The hypocrisy of Bono and his 'One' charity [11/11/2017]
• 2 Navy SEALs under suspicion in strangling of Green Beret in Mali [10/29/2017]
• Mali's Desert Elephants, on Edge of Annihilation, Get a Fighting Chance [10/29/2017]
• In Niger -- and other African Countries, the United States Uses Smart Power [10/24/2017]
• Three Green Berets killed, two wounded in Niger ambush [10/04/2017]
• Can Mali Maintain Its Gold Mining Status? [10/04/2017]
• What If Oil is the True Ideology of Boko Haram? [08/18/2017]
• BREAKING NEWS: Holiday hotspot in Mali is stormed by gunman who have 'taken hostages in resort [06/18/2017]
• Alleged mastermind of Ivorian resort attack arrested, says RFI [01/12/2017]
• Meanwhile, Back in Mali [06/22/2016]
• Obama Admin. On Pace to Issue One Million Green Cards to Migrants from Majority-Muslim Countries [06/17/2016]
• Huckabee defends Obama 'Koran verse' comments [11/29/2015]
• Islam Histroy: 1390 Years of Violence and only 10 years of Peace [11/21/2015]
• Hillary Clinton knew American Mali terrorist attack victim [11/21/2015]
• Anita Datar is the only known American killed in Mali. She was there to help. [11/21/2015]
• USA Transnational Report â¬" LIVE SPECIAL TERRORISM UPDATE 8 AM Saturday [11/20/2015]
• Press laughed off Romney's Mali terror warning in 2012 [11/20/2015]
• Bodies lay piled up in pools of blood in gore-spattered corridors ..27 hostages were slaughtered [11/20/2015]
• At least 27 dead after Islamists seize luxury hotel in Mali's capital [11/20/2015]
• MUSLIM TERRORISTS TAKE 170 HOSTAGES, FREE THOSE WHO CAN RECITE KORAN ... nothing to do with Islam [11/20/2015]
• TERROR IN MALI: US special forces storm hotel and free six American hostages [11/20/2015]
• Shooting, Hostage Situation Underway At French Troops⬢ Radisson Hotel, Mali [11/20/2015]
• Why Islamic terror in Mali bodes very ill for Europe [11/20/2015]
• Gunmen seize 170 hostages at Radisson hotel in Mali capital [11/20/2015]
• 170 hostages in Mali luxury hotel [11/20/2015]
• 7 Dead, 3 Believed Kidnapped in Mali Hotel Attack (Religion of Peace) [08/07/2015]
• UK Based F-15Es Flew A Secret Long-Range Mission Over Africa On Monday [05/29/2015]
• Abbas To Sign Accords With Putin in Moscow [04/11/2015]
• Terror triumvirate: ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram training together in Mauritania: analyst [03/24/2015]
• Jihadists decapitate Malian accused of informing for French army [03/22/2015]
• The country where you can choose your tax rate (Mali - Not Your Typical Tax Haven, Dude) [03/16/2015]
• Europeans shot dead in Mali restaurant terror attack [03/06/2015]
• What ISIS Really Wants [02/16/2015]
• Muslim man hailed for life-saving courage during Paris siege [01/11/2015]
• Paris: Muslim Shop Worker Saved Jewish Customers [01/11/2015]
• French forces in Mali kill Islamist on U.S. wanted list [12/11/2014]
• New Ebola case confirmed, 2 more suspected [11/22/2014]
• Brooklyn man rushed to Bellevue with Ebola-like symptoms [11/20/2014]
• Mali fears surge of Ebola, expands watch to 440 people [11/17/2014]
• Mali reports three deaths in capital linked to new Ebola cluster [11/12/2014]
• First Outbreak Quashed, Ebola Reappears in Mali [11/12/2014]
• Mali suffers second Ebola case with death of a nurse [11/11/2014]
• Mali confirms new case of Ebola, locks down Bamako clinic [11/11/2014]
• Mali confirms its first case of Ebola, Health Ministry says [10/27/2014]
• Mali rushes to track Ebola after toddler dies [10/26/2014]
• Ebola crisis: 'Many exposed' to infected Mali girl [10/24/2014]
• Ebola Has Now Spread To Mali [10/23/2014]
• First case of Ebola confirmed in Mali: health minister [10/23/2014]
• Obama's Logical, Fanatical Foreign Policy [08/29/2014]
• 'Promising' Ebola vaccine to go into trials - and it could be available by the end of the year [08/28/2014]
• Suicide bomber attacks U.N. base in northern Mali, kills two [08/16/2014]
• Body of child found in wheel well of US military plane [07/29/2014]
• France sends military to guard Air Algerie wreck; black box found [07/25/2014]
• Mali president says wreckage of Air Algerie flight spotted in north [07/24/2014]
• Plane disappears over northern Mali [07/24/2014]
• French official: Air Algerie flight that disppeared from radar crashed in Mali [07/24/2014]
• Former US ambassador to Syria: I couldn't defend US policy any longer [06/03/2014]
• Israel Will Be The Last Man Standing in the Middle East: The Oil Weapon vs. the Grain Weapon [05/22/2014]
• French kill jihadist commander in Mali [03/14/2014]
• Mali National Arraigned in 2000 Killing of American Diplomat in Niger [03/14/2014]
• Militant Islamist Website Calls for Attacks on France and Hollande [03/11/2014]
• Douala-Djibouti Corridor-France is enabling bloc of non-Islamist, liberal democracies in Africa [02/06/2014]
• Two French journalists abducted, killed in northern Mali [11/02/2013]
• Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister [10/24/2013]
• Algerian troops find huge arms cache on Libya border [incl 500 MANPAD] [10/24/2013]
• UK Dentist Struck Off For Offering to Perform Female Genital Mutilation [09/08/2013]
• Gaza jihadists call for 'jihad' against Egypt's el Sisi [08/16/2013]
• Brother, Can You Spare A Drone? [08/12/2013]
• Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, objectives, and future challenges (Foreign Affairs Cmte. testimony) [08/04/2013]
• 'Beelzebub inhabits hearts in this country' (no, it's not talking about the US) [07/23/2013]
• Obama hiring contractor for African bomb [07/14/2013]
• Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon [ MANPADS] [06/11/2013]
• How Timbuktu's manuscripts were smuggled to safety [06/05/2013]
• Deadly assault on Niger prison [06/01/2013]
• Timbuktu's slaves liberated as Islamists flee [06/01/2013]
• 'Inside help' behind deadly Niger terror attack [05/27/2013]
• U.S. flies more than 200 air refuel missions to Mali [05/21/2013]
• U.S.-trained Congolese troops committed rapes and other atrocities, U.N. says [05/16/2013]
• US troops deployed in Mali [05/02/2013]
• As Mali Wars with Islamists, a Mormon Runs for President [05/02/2013]
• Chad's Leader: Troops to Leave Mali Guerrilla War [04/15/2013]
• Mali gives Hollande new camel after first one eaten by caretakers [04/10/2013]
• Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al Nusrah Front ( Syria) emerge as rebranded single entity [04/10/2013]
• Libya arms fueling conflicts in Syria, Mali and beyond: U.N. experts [04/10/2013]
• François Hollande's camel 'eaten in Mali' (not an analogy) [04/09/2013]
• France renews support for Morocco's Western Sahara initiative [04/07/2013]
• France wants to keep 1,000 soldiers in Mali permanently [04/05/2013]
• Fifth French soldier killed in Mali fighting [03/17/2013]
• Terrorist Behind Algerian Hostage Crisis Killed [03/02/2013]
• Al-Qaeda commander Abou Zeid killed by French forces in Mali mountains [03/02/2013]
• Al-Qaeda commander behind Algeria gas plant attack 'killed in Mali' [03/02/2013]
• Mali locals say al Qaeda commander dead, France cautious [03/01/2013]
• Al Qaeda List of 22 Tips for Avoiding Drone Strikes Found in Timbuktu, Mali [02/28/2013]
• Gunbattle rocks Gao after rebels surprise French, Malians [02/10/2013]
• Former US Diplomat: Europeans, Canada paid $89 million ransom to Al Qaeda [02/09/2013]
• Algeria: The Real Roots of AQIM [02/09/2013]
• MEET THE MORMON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN MALI WHO HAS A BOLD PLAN FOR COMBATTING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [02/09/2013]
• Mali conflict: French ransom cash 'funded militants' [02/08/2013]
• France: Hundreds of Islamist militants killed in Mali [02/05/2013]
• France to start pulling troops from Mali in March [02/05/2013]
• Mali Rebels, Now Aiding French, Say They're Holding Militants [02/04/2013]
• French planes pound Islamist camps in north Mali desert [02/03/2013]
• Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black Africans [02/02/2013]
• Timbuktu Gives France's President an Ecstatic Welcome [02/02/2013]
• French Drone Records Foreign Legion Paratroopers Jumping Into Mali [VIDEO] [02/02/2013]
• #MyJihad online: "The Muslim Ummah Has A Thousand Merahs" [02/01/2013]
• U.S. on alert over Canadians [Islamists] in Algeria [01/31/2013]
• Witness describes Mali forces 'executing' students [01/31/2013]
• Inside the Ring: New al Qaeda threat (Lone wolf attacks in the heartland) [01/30/2013]
• Canadian troops drawn into Mali's war, despite what Prime Minister Stephen Harper says: Walkom [01/30/2013]
• France orders special forces to protect Niger uranium: source [01/29/2013]
• British troops will go to Mali -- confirmed [01/29/2013]
• Mohammed al Zawahiri threatens West, condemns Mali intervention [01/29/2013]
• U.S. to Expand Role in Africa [01/29/2013]
• Mali: Britain prepared to send 'sizeable amount' of troops to support French [01/29/2013]
• "Never leave", shell-shocked Mali residents tell France [01/29/2013]
• U.S. Weighs Base for Spy Drones in North Africa [01/28/2013]
• Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts [01/28/2013]
• Extremists burn ancient texts in Mali [01/28/2013]
• Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of ancient manuscripts [01/28/2013]
• Mali: French troops surround Timbuktu [01/28/2013]
• Hillary's Histrionics Hide Truth [01/27/2013]
• Viral: Eerie photo of French soldier in Mali upsets military officials (Getty Photo, view at link) [01/27/2013]
• French Forces Advance in Mali [01/26/2013]
• More signs al Qaeda in Mali orchestrated Algeria attack [01/25/2013]
• French troops face complicated military landscape in Mali [01/24/2013]
• Islamists Kill Nigerian Soldiers Heading to Mali [01/23/2013]
• Israel at UN: Mali Threatens France? Gaza's in our Living Room [01/23/2013]
• Call of Duty Ghost skull-mask worn in Mali by French soldier causes uproar [01/23/2013]
• France Brings Bigger Gunships, Heavy Artillery to Mali as Militants Dig In (Link Only) [01/22/2013]
• US begins transporting French troops to Mali [01/22/2013]
• U.S. sends trainers for Mali-bound force [01/21/2013]
• Who was the white jihadi? Algerian forces find 'two Canadians and at least one Frenchman' [01/21/2013]
• The Libyan boomerang in Mali [01/20/2013]
• Did gas workers in Algeria know attackers? Some of Al Qaeda terrorists 'were working for BP and coul [01/20/2013]
• Who Are the Good Guys? [01/20/2013]
• 'Numerous' other bodies at Algeria plant (Drudge: All Hostages Dead) [01/20/2013]
• 'We're only after the Christians...' ...Terrifying moment gas plant gunmen rounded up non-Muslims... [01/19/2013]
• Obama Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine [01/19/2013]
• Algeria crisis: Captors and hostages die in assault [01/19/2013]
• Obama Seeks "Fuller Understanding" of What Happened in Algeria Siege [01/19/2013]
• Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages [Update] [01/19/2013]
• Algeria hostage crisis ends in bloody violence: Seven oil workers executed by terrorists.... [01/19/2013]
• Obama Regime can't decide if al Qaeda is involved in terrorism [01/19/2013]
• Algerian assault ends crisis, 19 hostages dead [01/19/2013]
• Obama Regime can't decide if al Qaeda is involved in terrorism [01/19/2013]
• Mali: silencing the music [01/19/2013]
• Crisis in Mali: 'Mali-trained militants in Nigeria' [01/18/2013]
• The Game of Thrones in North Africa [01/18/2013]
• On Belmokhtar's group: 'They believe the West is one great Sodom and Gomorrah' (Al-Queda in Mali) [01/18/2013]
• Malian, French Forces Re-Take Second Town [01/18/2013]
• Algeria in Jihadi Flames [01/18/2013]
• Do You Know What is Happening in Mali? [01/18/2013]
• Al-Qaida Resurgent As Terror Spreads Across N. Africa [01/18/2013]
• 'Battalion of Blood' gang offers to SWAP two U.S. hostages seized in gas field siege for two terrori [01/18/2013]
• Foreigners still caught in Sahara hostage crisis (20 foreigh missing or held) [01/18/2013]
• Report: Al Qaeda group demands release of two well-known jihadists ( Algeria attack Hostage ...) [01/18/2013]
• Malian and French forces retakes key town from rebels [01/18/2013]
• Al-Qaida in the Heart of Africa [01/18/2013]
• American still missing after Algeria raids gas plant to rescue hostages from terrorists [01/17/2013]
• Mali conflict: French 'fighting Islamists in Diabaly' [01/17/2013]
• Algeria reportedly completes hostages rescue, after 2 Americans escape [01/17/2013]
• Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault (12 minutes ago) [01/17/2013]
• Some Hostages Killed, but Raid Rescues Many, Algeria Says [01/17/2013]
• BBC Live: Algeria hostage siege [01/17/2013]
• 'Thirty-five hostages killed in Algerian helicopter attack on BP gas plant siege': Two Brits feared [01/17/2013]
• Hostages escape Sahara siege - report Live (Algeria: Dozens reported killed in raid) [01/17/2013]
• France begins ground offensive in Mali [01/16/2013]
• Sahara Islamists take hostages, spreading Mali war [01/16/2013]
• Al Qaeda-linked group claims credit for kidnappings in Algeria [01/16/2013]
• Foreigners held hostage by militants in Algeria ( 7 Americans ) [01/16/2013]
• US Confirms Americans Taken After Algeria Attack (SecDef Panetta: "Terrorist Attack" [01/16/2013]
• Dozens held after Islamists attack Algerian gas field [01/16/2013]
• Islamist militants reportedly holding 7 Americans hostage, among others [01/16/2013]
• French ground troops engage rebels in central Mali [01/16/2013]
• Yet another mess in the making in Mali? [Op-Ed] [01/15/2013]
• French triple troops in Mali, prepare for massive land assault as al-Qaida rebels gain ground [01/15/2013]
• Al-Qaida Carves Out Own Country In (Northern) Mali [01/15/2013]
• Mali conflict: France to increase troop numbers [01/15/2013]
• Mali Rebels Push On Despite French Strikes [01/14/2013]
• Why Mali matters [01/14/2013]
• FYI Mali is Africa's third largest gold producer after South Africa and Ghana. [01/14/2013]
• Mali Islamists counter attack, promise France long war [01/14/2013]
• French Strikes in Mali Supplant Caution of U.S. [01/13/2013]
• Teams from a US Army brigade heading to 35 African nations to beef up anti-terror training [01/12/2013]
• French Commando killed in raid to free hostage in Somalia [01/12/2013]
• Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels [01/12/2013]
• Mali and France 'push back Islamists' [01/11/2013]
• France Confirms Mali Intervention (France Sends Troops To Ex-Colony) [01/11/2013]
• Mali Islamists 'enter' Konna after clashes with army ('Mujao' risin'?) [01/10/2013]
• Welcome to Africa's Alqaedastan-Obama's Libyan war breeds horror in Mali. [01/08/2013]
• Al Qaeda reportedly carving out its own 'country' in Mali (Hussein retreats) [12/31/2012]
• Hollande: Al-Qaeda 'Not to Be Trusted' [12/30/2012]
• U.S. Military Builds Up Its Presence In Africa [12/29/2012]
• Islamists' Harsh Justice Is on the Rise in North Mali [12/28/2012]
• Islamists in Mali renew attacks on Timbuktu tombs [12/24/2012]
• Timbuktu mausoleums "destroyed" [12/23/2012]
• Mali names new prime minister after 'quasi-coup' [12/12/2012]
• Alabama Men Arrested on Terrorism Charges [12/11/2012]
• US military: Intervention in Mali now would fail [12/03/2012]
• Europe to send 400 special forces to Mali [11/14/2012]
• British have invaded nine out of ten countries -- so look out Luxembourg [11/10/2012]
• EU working to create 'credible' army in crisis-hit Mali [11/01/2012]
• In Africa, an Islamist convergence seen as a threat [10/31/2012]
• Clinton in Algeria for Talks on Mali [Romney Shed Light on this in Debate #3] [10/30/2012]
• Clinton heads overseas for talks on Mali, Balkans [10/29/2012]
• Foreign Jihadists Continue to Pour into Mali (the next terror state) [10/28/2012]
• Benghazi's meaning for Israel and the Mideast (Great Analysis-Debate Prep) [10/20/2012]
• Meet the 14th Century king who was richest man in the world of all time (adjusted for inflation!) [10/16/2012]
• Report: Administration weighing military strike against Libya attackers (Oct surprise?) [10/15/2012]
• Out with colour: Islamists force Timbuktu women to wear black veils [10/13/2012]
• White House widening covert war in North Africa [10/03/2012]
• Did the White House order a cover-up over the murder of Libya's US Ambassador? [10/02/2012]
• French leader urges UN to back African force for Mali [09/27/2012]
• Mali: France pointed against al-Qaeda [09/26/2012]
• Proof Positive - In My Opinion (who created Innocence of Muslims)(Obama) [09/20/2012]
• Attack on US embassy in Benghazi pre-planned: Libyan Prez [09/16/2012]
• West African Military Chiefs Meet to Plan Mali Move [09/14/2012]
• Mali Islamists chop hands, feet off five suspected robbers [09/13/2012]
• September 2001 - September 2012 [09/01/2012]
• Mali's Islamist warlord declares war on the West [08/20/2012]
• North Mali residents ready to resist Islamist groups [08/14/2012]
• UPDATE 2-Syria to be suspended from int'l Islamic body -diplomat [08/13/2012]
• Saying Mali 'Is Our Country,' Militias Train to Oust Islamists [08/06/2012]
• ARM submits Mali-T604 for OpenCL conformance [08/03/2012]
• Mali al-Qaida-linked group stones couple to death over alleged adultery (ROP Alert!!) [07/31/2012]
• Radical Islamists Wage Muslim Civil War in Africa [Mali] [07/17/2012]
• Witnesses: man in Mali gets 50 lashes for drinking [07/17/2012]
• Islamists destroy 2 more tombs in Mali's Timbuktu [07/10/2012]
• Mali Islamists to continue destroying UNESCO sites [07/01/2012]
• Islamist rebels destroy UNESCO World Heritage sites in historic Mali city of Timbuktu [06/30/2012]
• Mali: Islamists destroy Timbuktu heritage sites [06/30/2012]
• Intervening in Mali: West African Nations Plan Offensive against Islamists and Tuareg Rebels [06/29/2012]
• In Timbuktu, Harsh Change Under Islamists [06/03/2012]
• Mali Rebels Merge, Plan to Create Islamic State [05/27/2012]
• Fighting in Mali Adds Chaos to Troubled African Region (Al Qaida running wild) [05/11/2012]
• The Trouble In Timbuktu (More Wilsonian Intervention Failure) [05/10/2012]
• In N. Mali, Islamists flex muscles, banning booze, uncovered women and whipping violators [05/03/2012]
• Ethno-religious violence in Islamic Mali [04/25/2012]
• "The Sons of the Land": Tribal Challenges to the Tuareg Conquest of Northern Mali [04/21/2012]
• Mali's new leader threatens 'total war' against Tuareg rebels [04/13/2012]
• Foreign Policy: The Mess In Mali (Surprise! Obama's magical Libyan tour results in more Sharia) [04/11/2012]
• Triumphant Tuareg rebels fall out over al-Qaeda's jihad in Mali (Weapons from Libya) [04/07/2012]
• Qaeda using Mali crisis to expand, France warns [04/05/2012]
• Islamists, Al-Qaeda gain ground in troubled Mali [04/03/2012]
• Mali: Politicians unite against junta amid Tuareg rebel advance [03/25/2012]
• Mayhem in Mali: Implications of the Military Coup in Bamako [03/24/2012]
• Coup d'Etat in Mali [03/22/2012]
• Renegade Mali soldiers announce takeover [03/22/2012]
• Mali Besieged by Fighters Fleeing Libya [02/02/2012]
• AU Wants Peace, Security and Bigger Global Role in 2012 [01/13/2012]
• Chinese deal could herald new era for African cotton [01/13/2012]
• Mauritius tops African household lighting survey [01/13/2012]
• Bamako warns Polisario: [12/19/2011]
• Mali lawmaker tells of threats over al-Qaida talk [10/30/2011]
• Libya's neighbours fear conflict may flare in Sahel desert 'powder keg' [09/09/2011]
• Hundreds of returning [from Libya] Tuaregs alarm Mali, Niger [09/04/2011]
• Algerian Al-Qaeda leader killed [07/06/2011]
• Mauritanian army destroys al Qaeda camp in Mali [06/25/2011]
• Algeria calls for peaceful dialogue in Libya [06/03/2011]
• Time Up For Sit-tight Leaders in Africa [05/28/2011]
• Mali seeks up to 75,000 anti-terrorism fighters in Sahel [05/23/2011]
• Regional armies on alert as Libya crisis deepens [Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria] [04/30/2011]
• Mali PM resigns: government sources [04/04/2011]
• French development agency grants Malian firm 170m FCFA [04/04/2011]
• Malians cheer Gaddafi as they host Libya football team [04/03/2011]
• Iran's Africa Fiasco [02/26/2011]
• Four Israeli Embassies, Consulates Reported Shut Down [02/17/2011]
• Revolutions, walk-outs and fatwas [01/17/2011]
• Cables Portray Expanded Reach of Drug Agency [Blabber mouths......] [12/25/2010]
• WikiLeaks cables: US pressured UN climate chief to bar Iranian from job [12/06/2010]
• Malian immigrant dies after being Tasered by police [11/30/2010]
• North African states at risk of being overrun by al-Qaeda [10/21/2010]
• France declares war against al-Qaida [07/27/2010]
• Missouri Muslim Charity Director Pleads Guilty [06/30/2010]
• 'Qaeda erecting bunkers in Sahara' [06/26/2010]
• Mali imam living in fear after backing women's rights [05/10/2010]
• Mauritania: Tighter security after Al-Qaeda abductions [12/22/2009]
• Venezuelan drugs Boeing crashed in Mali: UN [11/18/2009]
• Travel Warning: Mali [09/02/2009]
• Warden Message: Mali, Threat to Americans During Ramadan [08/24/2009]
• Archaeologists hit jackpot in Mali [07/10/2009]
• Malian al-Qaeda hunter shot dead ( al-Qaeda in Africa ) [06/11/2009]
• Al Qaeda kills British hostage in Mali [06/03/2009]
• Breaking: AlQaeda (AQIM) Release Four Western Hostages In Mali [04/22/2009]
• U.S. Helps African States Fend Off Militants [12/13/2008]
• TRAVEL ALERT - MALI [12/10/2008]
• Niger found guilty of slavery allegations [10/28/2008]
• The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts [08/03/2008]
• A day in the life of President Bush (photos) 2-12-2008 [02/12/2008]
• Ancient Blood Found On Sculptures From Kingdom Of Mali [12/08/2007]
• Leader of al-Queda in Morocco surrenders to authorities [08/01/2007]
• Charity charged with funneling funds to Iraq [03/08/2007]
• Mali relics recovered in France [01/30/2007]
• Swiss Archaeologist Digs Up West Africa's Past [01/20/2007]
• INTERVIEW-Mali desert nomads pledge to battle al Qaeda group [11/12/2006]
• FEATURE-US swaps guns for blackboards in Africa charm offensive [11/12/2006]
• Libraries in the sand reveal Africa's academic past [11/12/2006]
• Libraries in the sand reveal Africa's academic past [11/10/2006]
• AMERICAN GIRL RAPED APPARETNLY BY EX AUXERRE PLAYER [10/13/2006]
• Miracle in Mali [07/31/2006]
• Venezuela, Belarus seal anti-imperialist alliance [07/25/2006]
• Chavez forges ties with Belarus [07/24/2006]
• Qadhafi: 'Bush Should be Allowed to Pray in Mecca' [04/15/2006]
• Girl, 9, stabbed in Russian racial attack [03/26/2006]
• Accord on conflict diamond smuggling [11/15/2005]
• France - 17 killed, 21 wounded in Paris fire [08/25/2005]
• Striking Gold is no Bonanza for Small Mali Town [08/19/2005]
• U.S. Completes Anti-terror Training (North + West African Troops Ready to Fight al Qaeda) [06/30/2005]
• U.S. Begins Military Training in Africa [06/08/2005]
• US losing the race to engage Muslims [02/06/2005]
• As Nuclear Secrets Emerge in Khan Inquiry, More Are Suspected [12/26/2004]
• Worldwide Islam Has an Oasis of Democracy: Mali [07/02/2004]
• Islamic Democracy? Mali Finds a Way To Make It Work [06/22/2004]
• U.S. Takes Anti-Terror Training to Africa [03/22/2004]
• U.S. Green Berets Train Mali Troops [03/21/2004]
• Algeria Mali Chad - Jihad Update and Neglected Developments [03/19/2004]
• US sends special forces into north Africa [03/14/2004]
• Special Forces Support Pan Sahel Initiative in Africa [03/08/2004]
• Khan made trips to Niger, Sudan [02/23/2004]
• Khan's visit to Timbuktu was to prospect for uranium - dissident [02/23/2004]
• 'A Q Khan (Pakistani nuke scientist) visited Timbuktu for uranium' [02/17/2004]
• How the French Plunder Africa [02/06/2004]
• Mali woman excised daughters in France (genital mutilation) [01/15/2004]
• U.S. dispatches anti-terror team to West Africa [01/13/2004]
• 100 child slaves sent home [12/17/2003]
• AL QAIDA QUIETLY RELOCATES TO ALGERIA [11/26/2003]
• Al-Qaida bases said to be in Sahara [10/28/2003]
• Man slits son's throat to make good luck charm [08/26/2003]
• Hostages in Mali freed: report (Ransom paid for 14 European tourists kidnapped in Algeria) [08/17/2003]
• Let Africa Sink [06/07/2003]
• Pakistanis Arrested In Mali [10/24/2001]

[Yardstick]

So here we have a somewhat familiar pattern. A weak nation needs help fighting off the local jihadists. Both Russia and the US are on the scene which makes things....complicated. Now the question is which player secretly works with the jihadists to stymie the other player.