Islamic Extremist Death & Sharia Law in Mali

[MJB12741]

Mali?s Sharia Nightmare

 

[waltky]

Terrorists threatenin' French interests in Africa...

Islamists pose threat to French interests in Africa
14 January 2013 - France's intervention in Mali is driven by the fear of a future threat. But will it increase the danger for Paris in the short term?

Islamists have already vowed revenge. "France has attacked Islam. We will strike at the heart of France," said Abou Dardar, a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), an offshoot of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). French President Francois Hollande has also said that "all necessary precautions" would be adopted. The threat level has been raised a notch, leading to increased surveillance over public buildings, transport infrastructure as well as some embassies and religious institutions.

The threat posed by the Islamists has been transformed by weapons from Libya

Building capacity

AQIM is the group that worries the authorities most, but the view amongst most experts is that it does not currently have the capacity and networks on the ground to carry out a serious attack within France in the short term. However, analysts caution that the group may now increase its efforts to build that capacity. The group has also put out appeals to like-minded supporters to act - essentially a call for anyone to do what they can independently.

The more immediate worry for France may be retaliation closer to Mali - there are 6,000 citizens in Mali itself but embassies, businesses and private citizens may all be at risk across North Africa. France has updated its travel advice to citizens in Mali specifically but not ordered a general evacuation. In the past, US officials have talked of AQIM paying "lip service" to exporting terrorism but said that they were not yet convinced the danger had become real beyond the region. This intervention could have the effect of galvanising the desire of the groups to strike in Europe.

Influx of weapons

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US military could be drawn into Mali fight
January 14, 2013 - The U.S. military could be drawn into the intensifying fight in the African country of Mali, the latest overseas hotbed of rising terrorist activity.

According to Associated Press reports, al-Qaida-linked extremists this weekend took control of the village of Diabaly and scattered Malian military troops in the center of the country. French officials responded with intensive aerial bombardments, but failed to slow the Islamist extremists’ march toward the capital of Bamako. French President Francois Hollande deployed 550 French troops to Mali and authorized the airstrikes, which began Friday. Britain over the weekend authorized sending several C-17 transport planes to help France bring more troops.

In a statement Monday, Defense Department officials said that France “can count on U.S. support.” Air Force Maj. Robert Firman, a spokesman for the department, added that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has reiterated his concern over the situation in Mali and promised that “we will support the French and international community in the effort to counter the terrorist threat there.” Panetta, traveling in Europe this week, told reporters that the military is also providing intelligence-gathering assistance to French forces.

MSNBC reported Monday that the White House is planning to announce increased U.S. military support for the French fighters later this week. But officials from the National Security Council said discussions so far have focused only expanding the existing support efforts. France has requested assistance from countries neighboring Mali to help push back the terrorist fighters. But officials from NATO said that they have not received a formal request for intervention.

The NATO alliance “is not involved in this crisis,” said NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu. “But of course the situation in Mali is of grave concern to all of us because it threatens the security and the stability of the country, the region and beyond.”

More US military could be drawn into Mali fight - Stripes - Independent U.S. military news from Iraq, Afghanistan and bases worldwide

 

[toastman]

I've been following this story. I don't wanna shit on Islam, because there are many, many MANY good Muslims out there. But these Islamic extremists are fuckin animals with death and destruction on their mind

 

[waltky]

America lends a helping hand to the French...

Obama: US forces supported France in failed rescue mission
1/13/13 - President Obama on Sunday informed Congress that U.S. forces provided "limited technical support" for a French raid in Somalia that unsuccessfully tried to free a French intelligence agent.

In a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate, Obama said U.S. forces took no direct part in the assault. He said combat aircraft briefly entered Somali airspace, but did not fire any weapons.

He sent the letter to comply with the War Powers Resolution, which requires the president to inform Congress within 48 hours of sending any troops into action. On Friday night, French forces stormed a Somali compound where they suspected Islamic militants were holding the French citizen.

The resulting shoot-out left one French soldier and 17 militants dead, according to the Associated Press. French officials said they believe the hostage, Denis Allex, was also killed. He had been held captive for more than three years. The raid came hours after France sent troops into the African nation of Mali to attack Islamist rebels in the north, but was unrelated to that conflict.

Read more: Obama: US forces supported France in failed rescue mission - The Hill's DEFCON Hill

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U.S. looks to support France's Mali offensive
January 14th, 2013 - The United States military could provide logistical and intelligence support in the French effort against Islamist rebels in Mali, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday.

The U.S. will "provide whatever assistance it can" as part of what Panetta said was the U.S. global efforts against al Qaeda. "We have a responsibility to go after Al Qaida wherever they are. And we've gone after them in the FATA. We're going after them in Yemen and Somalia. And we have a responsibility to make sure that Al Qaida does not establish a base for operations in North Africa and Mali," Panetta told reporters traveling with him to Europe. The State Department said Monday the U.S. is in consultation with the French now on a number of requests that they have made for support, reports CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty. “We are reviewing the requests that they have made," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday.

The U.S., she said, is “not in the position to support the Malian military directly until we have democratic processes restored by way of an election in Mali. We are not in a position to train the Malian military until we have democracy restored.” Panetta described the assistance as both logistical and intelligence. The U.S. has already started sharing intelligence from satellites and intercepted signals with the French, defense officials said Monday. In addition, the Pentagon is considering sending refueling tankers so that French jets can fly longer, more sustained combat mission, according to the officials.

Drones "are under consideration," according to defense officials, though the military's stash of unmanned aerial vehicles are in heavy demand. "That's one of the things we're working through now, is how many and from where we'd be able to provide those assets," said one of the officials, noting that drones are being used in other conflict areas such as Afghanistan and Yemen. Although both caveat that these would be surveillance drones and said there are no plans yet to deploy armed unmanned aerial vehicles.

The officials also say another intelligence-gathering assets under consideration are piloted planes. "There's no real air defenses to speak of in Mali, outside of AQIM firing guns in the air. So anything we send does not have to be our most secretive, less detectable equipment," one of the officials aid. The US also considering giving "airlift capacity" to the effort, similar to what the British have provided in two cargo planes, according to the officials. This "would help the French with moving equipment, vehicles and people" to where they're needed in Mali, the officials said.

Panetta said al Qaeda's Mali affiliate, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, is not an immediate threat to the U.S. homeland but does pose a risk if it gains a foothold. U.S. officials have said group was tied to the recent attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. "While they might not have any immediate plans for attacks in the United States and in Europe, that ultimately that still remains their objective and it's for that reason that we have to take steps now to ensure that AQIM does not get that kind of traction," Panetta said, according to a transcript of Panetta's remarks to reporters.

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[Jos]

Mali's interim government has raised the combined sales tax on gold by 2 percentage points to 8 percent, a move aimed at bringing it in line with peers in the West Africa region, according to a government statement.

The tax hike came as a senior mines ministry official said Mali will miss its 2012 output target of just over 49 tonnes. The official said it was too early to give a new figure.

Africa's No. 3 gold miner remains in political limbo after a March 22 coup, which led to the nation's neighbours temporarily imposing sanctions and a slowdown of many businesses amid sporadic violence and uncertainty over future leadership.

Mali interim govt raises gold sales tax | Reuters

The separatist rebels

The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012, part of the 2012 northern Mali conflict, was a war of independence against the Malian government in the Sahara desert region of Azawad.[24] It was led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and was part of a series of insurgencies by traditionally nomadic Tuaregs which date back at least to 1916. The MNLA was formed by former insurgents and a significant number of heavily armed Tuaregs who fought in the Libyan civil war.[25]

On 22 March, President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup d'état over his handling of the crisis, a month before a presidential election was to have taken place.[26] Mutineering soldiers, under the banner of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State, (CNRDR) suspended the constitution of Mali, although this move was reversed on 1 April.[27]

The Islamist group Ansar Dine, too, began fighting the government in later stages of the conflict, claiming control of vast swathes of territory, albeit disputed by the MNLA. As a consequence of the instability following the coup, Northern Mali's three largest cities—Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu—were overrun by the rebels[28] on three consecutive days.[29][30] On 5 April, after the capture of Douentza, the MNLA said that it had accomplished its goals and called off its offensive. The following day, it proclaimed Azawad's independence from Mali

Tuareg rebellion (2012) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Labeling the Tuareg fighters as terrorists or Islamic jihadists provides a smoke screen for repression and an excuse to ignore their claims.

Read more: http://newsrescue.com/mali-land-gold-uranium-prepares-send-ecowas-troops/#ixzz2I27UsSFy

 

[RoccoR]

et al,

I only have two points to make:

• Sometimes it will be important to allow such fanatical Islamic Regime strongholds to remain in place as a reminder to both the believers and non-believers of how, given the possession of control, authority, and governance over others, they become drunk with power and demonstrate the true self-righteous nature of their religious belief in action; barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, and uncivilized - the natural outcome and hallmarks of their religious teachings. It is the model and example, in this simple form - untampered by the western cultures, that should remain for all to see and learn from, now that the example of the Afghan Taliban is no longer.

• The US, no matter what atrocities are reported, no matter what political or humanitarian justifications are put forth, should not intervene or interfere in any way. Every single time we do, these lunatic populations that spawn such religious off-shoots, bite the hand that helps them. Mali should be place on the restricted travel list, no Americans should be allow to travel there or be in the country - lest we be entangled to extract them, there should be only the barest of diplomatic relations, and no US business should be allowed to be conducted in the country.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[irosie91]

oh gee Mr R isolate them and let them slit each others' throats ---as a kind "BARBARIAN
PRESERVE" ??? how about tours---on monorail set ups------in completely clear plastic,
scimitar proof capsules?

 

[MJB12741]

I have no problem with radical Islamists sliting each others throats. Better they just slit their own throats than ours.

oh gee Mr R isolate them and let them slit each others' throats ---as a kind "BARBARIAN
PRESERVE" ??? how about tours---on monorail set ups------in completely clear plastic,
scimitar proof capsules?

 

[RoccoR]

irosie91, et al,

I don't mean to sound harsh; but it is their right to self-determination.

oh gee Mr R isolate them and let them slit each others' throats ---as a kind "BARBARIAN
PRESERVE" ??? how about tours---on monorail set ups------in completely clear plastic,
scimitar proof capsules?

(ON A LIGHTER NOTE)

Monorail! Damn good idea. That beats trying to setup a Roman Colosseum! And the fanale should be something like a group of high school girls, caught listening to music and dancing, thrown in a pit of sand spiders. (Last one to be eaten gets a free funeral.) Family of the victims get box seats at half price. For an extra $100, you get a .22 Calibre Rifle with three shots; but you may only wound them in the legs. If you score three hits, you get your own terrorist scarf and dark Sun glasses.

v/r
R

 

[waltky]

UN runnin' appalling refugee camp in Mauritania...

Mali refugees endure 'appalling' Mauritania camp
12 April 2013 - Thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in Mali are enduring "appalling" conditions in a UN-run camp in Mauritania, a medical charity warns.

Conditions are so bad that healthy people are getting ill after they arrive, said Medecins Sans Frontieres. There is only one toilet for every 3,000 residents and new arrivals having to build their own shelters, it said. The UN said it was taking the allegations seriously, but questioned some of the findings in the report. The UN refugee agency UNHCR, which oversees the camp, said some of the facts "seem to be out of date and do not reflect current realities" - pointing out that there are now more than 2,500 latrines, approximately one for every 30 refugees.

MSF footage - Henry Gray from the charity says there are shortages of water and food at the Mbera camp

High death rates

Some 70,000 refugees now live at the Mbera camp in a remote part of Mauritania, MSF said, put off from returning home by enduring ethnic tensions in northern Mali. "More than 100,000 people from northern Mali are currently displaced within their country or have escaped abroad as refugees," said Henry Gray, emergency co-ordinator for MSF. "Most of the refugees are from the Tuareg and Arab communities. They fled pre-emptively, often for fear of violence due to their presumed links with Islamist or separatist groups. Their home in northern Mali is still in the grip of fear and mistrust." The situation at the camp has worsened, MSF said, since France led a military intervention in Mali in January.

The MSF report, Stranded in the Desert, is based on testimony from more than 100 residents of the Mbera camp. Refugees are receiving only 11 litres (2.9 gallons) of water a day in 50C (122F) heat, and there is a desperate shortage of toilets, though acknowledged more are now being built. An MSF study at the camp last November revealed a critical nutrition situation, with mortality rates above the emergency threshold for children under two years old. And conditions have worsened since the French intervention in Mali prompted a fresh wave of 15,000 refugees.

New arrivals are having to wait more than a month to receive housing materials, and are having to build makeshift shelters from sticks and scraps of cloth. "The number of consultations in MSF's clinics in the Mbera camp has increased from 1,500 to 2,500 per week," MSF said. "The number of children admitted per week for severe malnutrition has more than doubled, from 42 to 106, despite the nutritional status of the new refugees being generally good when assessed on arrival in the camp."

'Additional efforts'

 

[Ringel05]

oh gee Mr R isolate them and let them slit each others' throats ---as a kind "BARBARIAN
PRESERVE" ??? how about tours---on monorail set ups------in completely clear plastic,
scimitar proof capsules?

Then you can go in and hug them, tell them how much you love them and how misunderstood they are.
















Oh and where do you want your remains sent? If we can find and retrieve them that is.