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Mali confirms arrest of key jihadist near Timbuktu
[Ynet] Malian and French troops have incarcerated
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a close associate of a preacher whose jihadist group has claimed dozens of attacks against Western and Malian targets, Mali's security minister said on Sunday.
Macina Liberation Front,
| ...also known as the Macina Brigades, for some reason, a jihadi group that emerged from Al Qaeda in North Africa in 2015 and now is part of the Group to Support Islam and Moslems. The Group formed in March of this year when Macina merged with Ansar Dine and al-Murabitoun... |
based in central Mali's Mopti region, is led by holy man Amadou Koufa who has called upon followers to take up arms and rebuild the historic Fulani empire of Massina.
| Interestingly, on July 15th another emir in the Macina Brigades, Bekaye Sangare, was killed by Mali's National Guard. Possibly this is not a coincidence. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-24 |
