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16. All of which seems to say the Islamists don't have the support of the locals

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 07:35 AM

Jan 2013

The Islamists being the group from a wider area, who chucked out the MNLA, which is just from northern Mali, from Timbuktu.

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French, Malians secure Timbuktu in rebel-held north [View all] DCBob Jan 2013 OP

So what the bad guys didn't destroy, the good guys will? malthaussen Jan 2013 #1

This sounds like a fairly non-violent takeover. DCBob Jan 2013 #2

So far. malthaussen Jan 2013 #3

And yet. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #13

Yup good news. Lucky Luciano Jan 2013 #5

I'll leave others to try to conjure up some negatives here alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #6

Hollande may come out of this damn near impossible ? dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #9

Good! That was quick. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #8

And in this type of war, quick and meaningless happyslug Jan 2013 #10

"The Islamists seem to have the support of the locals" - source? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #14

Whole bunch of infighting occurring in Northern Mali happyslug Jan 2013 #15

All of which seems to say the Islamists don't have the support of the locals muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #16

I think that's accurate. Lasher Jan 2013 #19

You still claim "it also seems the Islamists have some of that support" muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #21