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April 7, 2012

Did Libya War Lead to Mali's Crisis?

Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

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This year, Mali's restive Tuareg minority has erupted into rebellion after four years of relative quiet, the army has mutinied and seized control of the capital city of Bamako, and today Tuareg separatists declared an independent republic in the country's vast north. Is it NATO's fault?

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