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Ash_F

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4. residents of the North have had no say in government for decades.

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:28 PM

Jan 2013

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

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France has not "attacked Islam." ellisonz Jan 2013 #1

Is that your thoughts on Syria too? Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #3

Most people in Syria think Assad is a butcher and a heretic. ellisonz Jan 2013 #5

Most people say that about the poele who trying to overthrow the government. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #8

Mali has been a Democracy to the Tuareg in the way the US has been a Democracy to Native Amercans Ash_F Jan 2013 #9

residents of the North have had no say in government for decades. Ash_F Jan 2013 #4

Which is why a minority of extremists should be allowed to terrorize the population... ellisonz Jan 2013 #6

It would be great if France would facilitate that. Ash_F Jan 2013 #7

Mali crisis: Who's who? dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #2

Seems like most of Africa is in play now. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #10