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Saying Mali ‘Is Our Country,’ Militias Train to Oust Islamists
NYT ^
| August 5, 2012
| ADAM NOSSITER
Posted on 08/06/2012 7:03:09 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight
MOPTI, Mali Hundreds of young men are stuffed into makeshift training camps near this provincial capital, arising at 4 a.m. for physical exercises and simulated hand-to-hand combat in preparation for the day when they can free their north Mali homeland from the radical Islamists whose harsh rule has driven tens of thousands of frightened, desperate civilians to flee the country.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; islam; islamicinvasion; mali; militia; mopti; waronterror
To: NowApproachingMidnight
What religion are these fighters? Christian? Animists? Just wondering.............
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:05:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
Well, their obviously not Christians. Christians haven’t had balls since the crusades...
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:07:30 AM PDT
by
myself6
(NOT voting for the GOP's socialist - Romney)
To: NowApproachingMidnight
Is it safe to assume that Obama and his stooge Clinton aren’t rushing aid to these patriots?
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:08:53 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Red Badger
Doesn’t matter, as long as they are not from Bush’s “R.O.P.”
To: myself6
Christians havent had balls since the crusades...Sadly, that's mostly true, but there were a few post-Crusade moments of glory in Eastern Europe against the Ottoman Empire: Vlad Dracula, Jan Sobieski.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:15:40 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: NowApproachingMidnight; Kartographer
Kart, I thought you might find this one interesting...unarmed civilians fighting radical Islam in Mali.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:20:35 AM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. EdmondBurke)
To: NowApproachingMidnight
Are these the Touregs that high-tailed it out of Libya with a ton or two of Kaddafi’s weapons?
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:27:11 AM PDT
by
pingman
("Human history seems logical in afterthought, but a mystery in forethought." (Strauss & Howe))
To: NowApproachingMidnight
To: NowApproachingMidnight
Not muslims? How long before Obama orders our military to bomb these camps?
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:40:03 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
To: myself6
Christians havent had balls since the crusades... Thousands of muslims are comming to faith in Christ which is a far better option than killing them all. You should consider the kind of courage it takes for these new Christians to be such in a muslim culture.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:43:49 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: myself6
Christians havent had balls since the crusades... Thousands of muslims are comming to faith in Christ which is a far better option than killing them all. You should consider the kind of courage it takes for these new Christians to be such in a muslim culture.
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posted on
08/06/2012 7:43:59 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: NowApproachingMidnight
Mali militias - has a nice ring to it (provided they're fighting Mohammedans).
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posted on
08/06/2012 8:08:17 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(purge pandering progressive parasites)
To: tbpiper
Christians need to be an F-ton more this....
And a WHOLE LOT LESS this...
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:23:09 AM PDT
by
myself6
(NOT voting for the GOP's socialist - Romney)
To: myself6
Bad Irish accents in that movie, but I loved it anyway.
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posted on
08/06/2012 10:26:03 AM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
To: myself6
Your understanding is wrong on both ends.
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posted on
08/06/2012 11:11:41 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: NowApproachingMidnight
Coming soon to this country. The islamists need to be driven out if they won’t behave themselves.I hope Mali can be rid of these folks.
A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
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posted on
10/29/2012 3:04:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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