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After Mali’s warlord declared war on us On August 20, and the Benghazi mission was hit, ....

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 : (MALI’S INTERIM PRES TRAORE ASKS ECOWAS FOR AIR SUPPORT TO FIGHT ISLAMIC INSURGENTS IN THE NORTH) The military chiefs of 15 West Africa nations have begun deliberations to “finalize a roadmap” for an armed intervention in Mali, whose northern half is occupied by al-Qaida-linked Islamists. Interim President Dioncounda Traore on Sept. 1 asked the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, for air support to destroy rebel bases and for five battalions to help reconquer northern towns. The meeting’s agenda includes a review of that request and a presentation of a deployment plan. pppppWest African Military Chiefs Meet to Plan Mali Move ABC ^ | September 14, 2012 | AP Friday, September 14, 2012 5:15:10 PM · by JerseyanExile

SEPTEMBER 2012 : (LIBYA : MAGARIAF SAYS BENGHAZI ATTACKERS CAME FROM MALI & ALGERIA) The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi that killed American ambassador Chris Stevens was pre-planned and included foreigners, Libyan President said yesterday. President of Libya’s National Congress, Mohamed Magariaf, in an interview to the CBS news aired yesterday said his government has arrested about 50 people, some of which are foreigners and connected to al-Qaeda. “They entered Libya from different directions, and some of them definitely from Mali and Algeria,” he said. “These ugly deeds, criminal deeds were directed against them, the late ambassador, Chris Stevens, and his colleagues, does not represent in any way, in any sense, the... -——Attack on US embassy in Benghazi pre-planned: Libyan Prez, The Mumbai First Post ^ | September 17, 2012 Monday