
Nine soldiers killed in central Mali attack;
Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by Jihadist groups, as the commander of France's counter-terrorism force for the region said an operation on the Burkina Faso border was ongoing. Ref. Source 3c.
There are a tremendous number of Islamic terrorists in Saharan and sub Saharan Africa. Mali is a dangerous place now and it used to be a tourist destination. It is truly a sin what these radicals are doing to our world. And by these radicals I mean all radicals of any persuasion. Edited: Abnninja on 4th May, 2017 - 3:46pm
They call this group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Maghreb is actually an Arabic word which means West. The area this group covers is Western North Africa. They are vicious and will kill indiscriminately. Worse, they would and have strung children up IED vests and sent them out into crowds and then detonated them. And I mean kids as young as ten years old. There were many times when pulling a trigger had an impact on me. Being a sniper I saw who I targeted. In the case of these people and people like them, all I felt was recoil.
At least 2 people were killed and 30 others rescued in an attack by gunmen at a luxury resort near Mali's capital on Sunday.
An unknown number of people were injured and taken to a hospital after the attack, a source briefed on the investigation said.
Mali's Ministry of Security and Civil Protection said "Armed individuals, certainly terrorists" attacked Le Campement resort, adding that a Malian anti-terror force was on the scene. Ref. CNN.