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January 15, 2013

France Faces Tough Enemy in Islamists

Gregory Mann, Africa Is a Country

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France won't have an easy time in Mali.

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TAGGED: Sahel, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Africa, Mali, France

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