At least 27 dead after Islamists seize luxury hotel in Mali's capital

yahoo.com ^ | Tiemoko Diallo

[RoosterRedux]

At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by Islamist gunmen.

The former French colony has been battling Islamist rebels for several years, and the jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, allied to al Qaeda and based in the deserts of northern Mali, claimed responsibility for the attack in a tweet.

By late afternoon, ministerial adviser Amadou Sangho told the French television station BFMTV that no more hostages were being held.

But a U.N. official said U.N. peacekeepers on the scene had seen 27 bodies in a preliminary count, and that a search of hotel was continuing. It was not clear whether any of the gunmen, who were said to have dug in on the seventh floor of the hotel as special forces advanced on them, were still active.

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A Turkish official said five of seven Turkish Airlines staff had also managed to flee. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said three of 10 Chinese tourists caught inside had been rescued.

[RoosterRedux]

ISIS keeps drawing the Chinese into their war. Not vy smart.

[Diogenesis]

..." the jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, allied to al Qaeda...

Funded by Obama? and the State Dept? and the GOP?
.... like al Qaeda elsewhere?

[RoosterRedux]

Al-Mourabitoun initially allied itself with al-Qaeda. Co-founder Adnan Abu Waleed al-Sahrawi declared the group's allegiance to ISIS in May 2015.

Source: http://www.counterextremism.com

[Freemeorkillme]

I thought French SF and US SF were on hand?

Malian troops stormed the hotel??!?!?

[traderrob6]

They believe they will have to conquer every non-Muslim nation to achieve their goals.

Unfortunately for them,they are grossly inadequate to that task.

[dhs12345]

Question: how effective might it be to gather up the remains of the suicide bomber and desecrate them in a manner that would make it impossible for the homicide bomber to enter heaven as defined in the Koran or whatever interpretation of the Koran they follow?

I wonder if an Imam would be willing to do this?

Seems like the only thing that they have to lose when they pull the rip cord is if they are going to make it into heaven or not. Confronted with the fact that their remains will be desecrated might make them think twice?

[1Old Pro]

Don’t tell me, the perps are Christian Jihadists forcing people to quote the bible to live?

[jpsb]

"Unfortunately for them,they are grossly inadequate to that task."

Oh really? The Islamist sure look like they are winning to me.

[tcrlaf]

Every time Obama opens his mouth, saying that islam is no threat, more people are killed in Islamic terror attacks...

[dfwgator]

Let’s see how many people on Facebook put the Mali flag on their profile pictures.

[chris37]

BOY, DO YOU GOT IT BACKWARDS.

WOW!

[rfreedom4u]

These islamists must be really upset about the whole global warming stuff huh?

[hal ogen]

Just more peace-loving moozlums having fun on vacay in the tropics. Move along...nothing to see here.

[rfreedom4u]

I’ve suggested feeding their remains to hogs and then using the resulting fertilizer on Jewish flower gardens!

[ifinnegan]

What are the Chinese going to do?

Nothing.

[rdl6989]

More peace and love from the minions of the false prophet Moe.

[Skooz]

I'm on it.

[SkyPilot]

Soo whaaat? It's just another "setback." It's their fault for not knowing verses of the Holy Koran.

[Resolute Conservative]

Let’s see how many public school educated people know where Mali is?

[Col Frank Slade]

Good thing the UN Peacekeepers were there….

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