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France arrests 'high-ranking' jihadist in Mali: Army
[AlAhram] Dardar was formerly a member of the al-Qaeda-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), many of whose fighters joined EIGSNo doubt EIGS better matches Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in some languages other than English. MUJAO, sometimes abbreviated as MOJWA, hooked up with Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s al-Mulathameen Brigade to form the Al Qaeda in North Africa-linked al-Mourabitoun, part of which split off to pledge allegiance to ISIS in 2015. Both groups seem to be jihading in the same territory, but somehow they make it work. French forces have captured in Mali a man they describe as a "high-ranking fighter of the 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.... in the Greater Sahara" (EIGS), the French army's chief of staff said on Wednesday. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-17 |
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