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Islamist Rebels for France: Terrorists in Mali, Friends in Syria!

France bombards the Islamist militants in Mali, while accusing the Syrian army of "committing a brutal aggression" when it’s defending the state on its land.

(DAMASCUS / ROME) - France finds itself committed to intervene in Mali TO PROTECT THE STATE against the Islamist fighters related to Al-Qaeda (WOW).

Yet it considers the same guys, the jihadists who are shouting Allah Akbar and fighting the "infidel regime" in Syria as "rebels for freedom and democracy"!

Mali`s Colonel Coup Syndrome

The immediate trigger for the coup was frustration among mid- and lower-ranking military officials over the government's handling of an ongoing rebellion.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In his first interview after siezing power, Mali's self-proclaimed junta leader, Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo tells a journalist from Africable that he has never cast a vote in his life.

If there are three candidates standing for election, he explains, rest assured he won't have confidence in any of them. And he'd rather not vote than choose.