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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; islam; islamicinvasion; mali; militia; mopti; waronterror

1 posted on 08/06/2012 7:03:18 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

What religion are these fighters? Christian? Animists? Just wondering.............


2 posted on 08/06/2012 7:05:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Red Badger

Well, their obviously not Christians. Christians haven’t had balls since the crusades...


3 posted on 08/06/2012 7:07:30 AM PDT by myself6 (NOT voting for the GOP's socialist - Romney)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

Is it safe to assume that Obama and his stooge Clinton aren’t rushing aid to these patriots?


4 posted on 08/06/2012 7:08:53 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Red Badger

Doesn’t matter, as long as they are not from Bush’s “R.O.P.”


5 posted on 08/06/2012 7:10:36 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: myself6
Christians haven’t 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.

6 posted on 08/06/2012 7:15:40 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight; Kartographer

Kart, I thought you might find this one interesting...unarmed civilians fighting radical Islam in Mali.


7 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)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

Are these the Touregs that high-tailed it out of Libya with a ton or two of Kaddafi’s weapons?


8 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))
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

CIA factbook link:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html


9 posted on 08/06/2012 7:30:34 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.")
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To: NowApproachingMidnight
Not muslims?

How long before Obama orders our military to bomb these camps?


10 posted on 08/06/2012 7:40:03 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
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To: myself6
Christians haven’t 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.

11 posted on 08/06/2012 7:43:49 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: myself6
Christians haven’t 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.

12 posted on 08/06/2012 7:43:59 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: NowApproachingMidnight
Mali militias - has a nice ring to it (provided they're fighting Mohammedans).
13 posted on 08/06/2012 8:08:17 AM PDT by shove_it (purge pandering progressive parasites)
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To: tbpiper
Christians need to be an F-ton more this....

And a WHOLE LOT LESS this...


14 posted on 08/06/2012 10:23:09 AM PDT by myself6 (NOT voting for the GOP's socialist - Romney)
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To: myself6

Bad Irish accents in that movie, but I loved it anyway.


15 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)
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To: myself6

Your understanding is wrong on both ends.


16 posted on 08/06/2012 11:11:41 AM PDT by tbpiper
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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.


17 posted on 08/06/2012 11:12:03 AM PDT by CORedneck
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A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)

A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)

18 posted on 10/29/2012 3:04:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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