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January 21, 2013

French Colonialism Rides Again

Tariq Ramadan, Gulf News

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French involvement in Mali is ostensibly for the good of the people, to protect a ‘friendly’ country from extremists, but the accuracy of this claim is not beyond question

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TAGGED: Mali, France

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