...boodling on the grand scale...
peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb in northern Mali on Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said.
Islamist holy warriors, some with links to al-Qaeda and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
, have been waging an insurgency in northern Mali for the last decade.
The peacekeepers were on a mine search and detection patrol in the northern commune of Tessalit,
| ...near the Algerian border... |
"We send our deepest condolences to the families of the peacekeepers, to our colleagues in the mission and we wish a speedy recovery to those who were maimed," Dujarric said.
MINUSMA — the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali — currently has about 12,000 military personnel deployed in the country.
At least 174 peacekeepers have been killed in hostile acts in Mali since the start of the mission in 2013, making it the deadliest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world.
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