U.N. Security Council asks for Mali plan within 45 days

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The U.N. Security Council urged African regional organizations and the United Nations on Friday to present within 45 days a specific plan for military intervention in Mali to help government troops reclaim the north of the country from Islamist extremists.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89B17U20121012

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Leaders from the European Union, United Nations and Western African states met as al Qaeda-linked rebels tighten their grip in the north of the country.

U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said his organization is ready to provide immediate support to aid national dialogue and assist in political negotiations.

"We will immediately bring military planners and security sector advisers" to Bamako, the Malian capital, the secretary said.

"The crisis is Malian, but the development affects the neighboring countries, our partners. And we need international help to fight the Islamists, to organize free and fair elections, and to help restore our country," interim Malian President Dioncounda Traore said.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/19/world/...ing/index.html

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African Union reinstates Mali ahead of military action

The African Union (AU) lifted Mali's suspension from the bloc on Wednesday, saying an African plan to intervene militarily to help the country claw back territory from Islamist militants would be ready within weeks

the AU's Peace and Security Council (PSC)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89N1MA20121024

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I can't quote as it is AP but the last stronghold of al-Qaida in Algeria is about to fall. The people are helping the military to hunt them down.

http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-wins-b...071523595.html

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Important side note from the news area. Thank you Lightseeker.

Hezbollah’s latest muscle-flexing shows it is under duress and looking for a fight
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hezboll...g-for-a-fight/


And looking for a fight??? Which is exactly what Iran and al-Qaida have been trying to tempt everyone into, but mostly the US. I would suspect even what happened in Benghazi
The hope the US would attempt another Iraq or Afghanistan. Which could turn the fortunes of radical Islam, by turning the attitudes of the average Islamic


From the post above..

The people are helping the military to hunt them down.

Syria opposition accuses US of undermining revolution
http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/syri...100442391.html
imvho it is the radical Islamics that are screaming as...

Reports have emerged that Washington will be pushing in Qatar for an overhaul of the opposition, with longtime dissident Riad Seif touted as the potential head of a new government-in-exile dubbed the Syrian National Initiative.

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Would make the new government in line with the US and the elite

And in Mali you will not see the EU or the US out front. They will be there but described as supporting the people of the AU.

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Nigerian army kills 30 in militant bastion: witnesses

Nigerian troops shot dead at least 30 people during raids in the northeast city of Maiduguri, bastion of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, witnesses and hospital staff said on Friday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8A10VB20121102