2/8/13, "Mali conflict: 'First suicide bombing' in Gao," BBC
"A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the northern Mali town of Gao - the country's first such case, sources say.
The attacker approached a group of soldiers on a motorbike before detonating an explosive belt, injuring one of them, a Malian officer told AFP.
Gao is the most populous city in northern Mali, which was captured by Islamist militants last year."...
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2/8/13, "Islamists open new front in Mali," AFP via Japan Today
"The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), one of the Islamist groups fighting the French-led forces, said it had “created a new combat zone” by organizing attacks on military convoys and placing landmines.
“MUJAO is behind the explosion of two Malian army cars,” the group’s spokesman Abu Walid Sahraoui said in a text message to AFP.
He called on Malians to stay away from main roads, which he said had been heavily mined.
“We urge infinite jihad and a struggle against infidel regimes and the establishment of God’s sharia and for Muslims to be freed,” he added."...
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