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| Security Source: Europeans Signing Up with Mali Jihadists |
| 2012-11-08 |
| [An Nahar] Dozens of Europeans including French citizens, and young Africans living abroad, have joined or are trying to join the ranks of armed Islamists occupying northern Mali, security sources told Agence La Belle France Presse Wednesday. "Several dozen Europeans, including French or young Africans living in Europe, are increasingly tempted by jihad (holy war) in northern Mali," a Malian security source said. Three French citizens were known to have joined Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... . A British citizen was in the occupied city of Timbuktu and has "adopted the jihadist cause", the source added. And a security source from Niger said: "We are turning back numerous Africans as well as Europeans who are trying to reach northern Mali through Niger." "Recently we turned back the holder of a French passport," he said, adding that the French authorities had been alerted. A Malian security official said they had cooled for a few years Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! someone on Tuesday in the town of Mopti, 600 kilometers (370 miles) north of Bamako, "who was trying to go to northern Mali to fight with the jihadists. From his accent, he had certainly lived in Europe, probably in La Belle France, but was not however of French origin, he added. Islamic Islamic fascisti with links to the north African al-Qaeda branch have occupied Mali's vast north for seven months, imposing strict sharia law on populations there, and have been accused of numerous rights abuses. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Job or jihad? Both, Omerelet Spaique1766. That is to say, jihadis are generally on salary, often with included room and board -- if only so their movements can be controlled -- and sometimes with the promise of death benefits to their family afterward. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-11-08 17:12 |
| #4 How many of these "Europeans" have a first name of Pierre or John? |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2012-11-08 12:39 |
| #3 Job or jihad? |
| Posted by: Omerelet Spaique1766 2012-11-08 12:23 |
| #2 Flypaper strategy redux? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-11-08 11:45 |
| #1 delusional. i'd like to see their faces after they have arrived and spent a week in that place. let them go - just make sure they can't go back home. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-11-08 00:08 |