Mali Islamists Vow To Strike ‘At Heart’ Of France

France has in conjunction with the international community and the sovereign democratically elected government acted to thwart a small minority of militants who would impose a heretical brand of Islam that endorses a myriad of atrocities which is widely denounced by a vast majority of Muslims in the world, including the foremost scholars and high priests of Islam.

Wasn't the government in Mali a result of a military coup?

Mali's government is a Transitional government from a democratically elected one - the military coup was abandoned after President Amadou Toumani Touré resigned and the military coup leaders restored the Constitution. International efforts to preserve democratic integrity in Mali have been successful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Malian_presidential_election
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

How can Mali hold the scheduled election legitimately if the north does not wish for Mali to be a nation or a democracy?

This military action is unanimously backed by the UN Security Council and is going to be followed by a peacekeeping force of African nations in conjunction with the Malian Army.

Or is Al Quada a good guy now?

As for Mali, it would appear that the North wants nothing to do with the South and are taking the matters into their hands.

Strange how everyone wants to keep the Tuereqsin a country they don't want to be in. Kind of like the PKK and Turkey.

Keep reading and get a grip.

The Northern ethnic groups have no presence in the central government but I guess that doesn't have anything to do with the fact the rebels are mostly all from the North.

There is more to Mali than what the TV says.

Start here.

http://thinkafricapress.com/mali/causes-uprising-northern-mali-tuareg

...and invade the south while attempting to overthrow the government?

Military action is happening for precisely that reason.

Maybe they should follow the path of peace and put down arms and negotiate.

But they are just going to crush the rebellion while first world citizens remain ignorant, don't be naive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17582909

The original issue here was the Touregs wanting independence of the north which the Malian government had long refused. Since then its become more complicated. Even our media here in the UK refer to western involvement as being to "protect economic interests there"

A pattern is pretty obvious.

The U.S. is sending troops to 35 African nations under the guise of fighting Al Qaeda and related terrorists.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022189885


And the Middle East problems expand:
we now have Turkey getting involved with the Syria mess.
Link here is to Google news which lists many headlines since Oct. of Turkey/syria clashes
http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=Turkey+Syria&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

all in all, a pattern of staking out territory is speeding up.
Weapons makers must be delirious with joy.




and India is going "nyah nyah nyah" at Pakistan..
India's Army Chief Warns Pakistan of Retaliation
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/india-army-chief-warns-pakistan-retaliation-18208682