Al Qaeda uses base in Mali as it expands across Africa-Wall St. Journal

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1/14/13,  "Mali Rebels Push On Despite French Strikes," Wall St. Journal, Hinshaw, Gauthier-Villars

"Al Qaeda Militants Shift South as France's Jets Attack Them in North, Raising Specter of Wider Conflict."

"Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM uses Mali's desert north, a region the size of France, as a base for operations across a much larger stretch of the Sahara. A previous version of this article incorrectly said AQIM operates across a stretch of the Sahara the size of France." (item at end of article)

above map via Wall St. Journal. via Free Republic


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