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March 7, 2013

The Sahel: Latest Front in a Long War

C. Crocker & E. Laipson, New York Times

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HISTORY has often shown that military victories do not automatically translate into political success. This is true in the recent military victory of French and government of Mali forces in their fight against radical Islamist insurgents who tried to seize power in the North African nation. The small victory in Mali is just the beginning of what will likely be a very long struggle for control of the Sahel — the trans-Saharan badlands that stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

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TAGGED: Mali, War on Terror, Islamist, Sahel

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