Islamist commander cuts off vandal’s hand in Timbuktu

April 5th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Algeria said its consulate in Gao, another town under Ansar al-Din’s control,
had been overrun. The consul and six staff had been taken hostage.

“The Algerian government is doing everything possible to ensure they are
freed as quickly as possible,” said Mourad Medelci, Algeria’s foreign
minister said.

While international concern has continued to focus on the restoration of
democracy, fears that al-Qaeda had gained a safe haven in the nomadic north
have emerged with the fall of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal.

Diane English and Neil Whitehead, a British couple, who were evacuated from
Timbuktu by MNLA fighters, were yesterday resting at the home of the British
envoy in neighbouring Mauritanian. They planned to travel back to the UK as
soon as possible.

“We can confirm that they have arrived safely in Mauritania, where they
have been offered consular assistance,” a Foreign Office spokesman
said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded the military junta that overthrew
Mali’s president Amadou Toumari Toure restore power to civilian leaders as a
first step to bringing order to the country.

“President Toure was a democrat, who had decided not to present himself
in the next elections,” Mr Sarkozy said. “So there was no reason
to interrupt the electoral process. It’s a scandal.”

West African leaders were attempting yesterday to forge a deal to send
regional forces to the country to enforce a ceasefire.

Some hope emerged from a meeting between Djibrill Bassole, Burkina Faso’s
Foreign Minister and the coup leader Capt Amadou Sanogo.

“We will do everything we can so that these sanctions are not only
suspended, but completely lifted and abandoned. We are on the road,” he
said. “I can assure you that the captain has the right attitude and
will soon have an announcement to make that goes in the right direction. I
prefer leaving it up to him to announce it.”

Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, said that Paris would provide
support for a 3,000-strong West African intervention force. He estimate that
Tuareq rebels and fighters from al-Qeada in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
numbered more than 1,000. He said: “We have judged the number of
fighters, Tuaregs and AQIM together, at around a small thousand.”