Posted on 08/07/2015 11:11:50 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Suspected Islamist militants attacked a hotel in central Mali used by United Nations staff today, killing at least five people and exchanging fire with troops encircling the building, residents and military sources said.
Malian military officials also said three Russian pilots were believed to have been kidnapped during the attack, though the Russian embassy in Mali, speaking to the TASS press agency, denied this.
The attack well south of the Saharan desert strongholds of Islamist militants highlights the threat posed by remnants of an Al Qaeda-linked insurgency that appears to be stepping up its campaign against Malian and UN troops.
Smoke rose from the hotel and heavy weapons fire was heard as government forces moved in to dislodge the gunmen, who stormed the building near the airport in Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the capital Bamako, before 8 am (local time).
The body of a white male victim was visible in front of the hotel, a witness said.
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Headline should be corrected:
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IN MALI
Thank you.
I understand Mali Islamists attacking the French in Mali, after Op Serval. But Russians? Perhaps the only Europeans/white folk they could get to? Many questions remain...
Recall how the Russians reacted in Beirut when the KGB dude got kidnapped. I wonder how Putin will handle this?
“Recall how the Russians reacted in Beirut when the KGB dude got kidnapped. I wonder how Putin will handle this?”
Reactivate the “Alpha Group”?
I remember that...interesting!
As I recall, they found out who the kidnappers were, found their relatives, and returned them in dismembered pieces.
There is a REASON Radical Muzzies don’t take Russians as prisoners.
I wonder how Putin will react?
This was going on when we were trying to find the CIA station chief. Buckley? Was that his name?
Reuters:
“The toll has increased and now there are seven dead, including four Malian soldiers, two terrorists and one white foreigner. Three Russian pilots are believed to have been kidnapped,” spokesman Souleymane Maiga said in a text message.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/07/us-mali-violence-russia-idUSKCN0QC1N420150807
Russian embassy in Mali says no Russian pilots were kidnapped as a result of a hotel attack.
They could be Ukrainians
TASS now reprting one Russian national taken hostage, an employee of UT Air.
America: Make take good notes!
*found their relatives, and returned them in dismembered pieces*
My guess is he is strumming his fingers on his operations phone between the red, (nuke button), and the black, special operations button. Probably settle on the black one because his thought is why waste a nuke when a carving knife will do.
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