 AP Photo Amputations are designed to shock -- residents are often summoned to watch -- and even as the world makes plans to recapture northern Mali by force, the Islamists who control it show no qualms about carrying them out. TAGGED: sharia law, Ansar Dine, Africa, Timbuktu, Northern Mali, MaliRECOMMENDED ARTICLES|
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