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October 29, 2012

Don't Treat Mali as the Next Afghanistan

Bloomberg, Bloomberg

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The parallels are inescapable. When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they stoned fornicators, demolished shrines they considered idolatrous, and gave sanctuary to foreign jihadists. The Islamic extremists in control of northern Mali are doing the same things.

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