Change in Libya sends jihadists into Mali

You think most of the world lives in the 21st century?

“A convoy of Land Cruisers duly arrived, laden with bearded fighters clad in sand-coloured turbans and robes. These were not rebels from the local Tuareg tribe, who had claimed credit for the fall of Timbuktu, but international jihadists from across the Muslim world including Algerians, Nigerians, Somalis and Pakistanis. This multinational parade drove home a harsh message: a new state had been born under the effective rule of al-Qaeda. Bewildered townspeople, who had only seen Tuareg insurgents up to that point, realised its true significance.”

“Djenebou Traoré, 48, left the city in May after two men came to her door and demanded to know whether any of the women inside were unmarried. They would be handed to the new overlords for compulsory ‘marriage’”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9390601/Mali-how-the-West-cleared-the-way-for-al-Qaedas-African-march.html

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(I did not know Tuaregs had captured Timbuktu. Three months ago.)