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ButterflyEffect · 3380 days ago · link · · parent · post: [48 HOURS] How To Write an Islamist Scare Story
Brecher certainly came in swinging in this article. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this: Is referring to when Boko Haram took over a large chunk of the country and spurred French intervention, correct? erp. yep, kept reading. Funny, I remember reading about that in some French newspapers (Le Monde, etc...)The problem, for a hype-committed team of reporters and editors, is that Mali’s big spurt of Islamist rebellion came years ago, in 2012-13. By September 2012, the Islamist Alliance controlled two-thirds of the country (though most of that territory was Saharan desert).