Friday, February 8, 2013

First suicide bombing in populous Mali city, Islamists open new front in Mali to advance 'infinite jihad' and 'sharia'

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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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