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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Sounds like some Mali-factors up to no good!

2 posted on 08/18/2020 2:21:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv; BenLurkin; gandalftb; nuconvert
This is a good background and contains info about the the opposition coalition Mouvement du 5 Juin-Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques (M5-RFP). The movement is composed of an assortment of groupings and people from different ideological and political backgrounds. Its most visible figures is influential imam Mahmoud Dicko, a former head of Mali's High Islamic Council. The protesters who gathered on 10 July amid calls for civil disobedience subsequently fanned out through Bamako’s streets, shutting down its two main bridges, occupying the national television station, and looting and setting fire to parts of the National Assembly, located a stone's throw from the city's Grand Mosque.

https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_unchecked_escalation_why_mali_is_in_turmoil

Mali's president resigns and dissolves parliament

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53830348

If Dicko will take over there will be another Islamic state in Africa.

13 posted on 08/18/2020 10:18:22 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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