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| Mali Arrests Jihadi Suspects over Attacks, Media Threats |
| 2015-09-09 |
[AnNahar] Malian special forces have incarceratedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! a group of suspected jihadists over attacks against police and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... in the capital, and death threats against foreign journalists, officials said Tuesday. A source close to the investigation said three men arrested at the weekend had admitted participating in ambushes in August against cop shoppes and a building housing U.N. workers. "Three criminal masterminds of recent attacks against the U.N. mission in Mali were arrested by Malian special forces in the night from Saturday to Sunday," a defense ministry statement said. The suspects are Malian citizens from the south, although one is of Ivorian origin while another originates from Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... The ministry said the men were behind "threats perpetrated against news men last week," referring to a "statement from the Guardians of Jihad" emailed to foreign correspondents and journalists from overseas media, threatening to cut their throats. The authors of the threat affirmed their intention to "begin with the French journalists and those working for La Belle France, which is the main enemy of Islam." A search conducted at the home of one of the suspects had uncovered a large consignment of weapons, including grenades, the ministry said. Sources close to the investigation told AFP a further two suspected jihadists were arrested on Tuesday as part of ongoing inquiries. The arrests come as the west African country, which has seen several uprisings since independence from La Belle France in 1960, implements a peace deal despite continuing unrest from bad boy groups and jihadist attacks. Mali's north came under the control of jihadist groups with links to al-Qaeda who imposed a brutal version of Islamic sharia on locals in 2012. A move south towards the capital by the gunnies prompted La Belle France to intervene in January 2013, pounding their positions in the north. While their organizational structure has been smashed, small pockets of armed Islamists have managed to remain active, and continue to carry out deadly attacks. |
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