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With military victory elusive, W.African nations quietly back talks with Islamists
[AlAhram] For a decade, West African armies and their international allies have fought against bad boy groups active in the Sahel region... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... , some linked to the al Qaeda and Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... networks Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-13 |
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