The destruction of ancient Muslim shrines in Timbuktu since July has mirrored the dynamiting of the giant Buddha statues Bamiyan in 2001. Both senseless acts were carried out by militants cloaked in an extremist version of Islam - the Taliban in Afghanistan and Ansar Dine in Mali. Both also were omens that such groups will export terrorist acts abroad if allowed to flourish in lawless areas.
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