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July 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Tom McCormack, country director of Save the Children, speaking from the
capital Bamako, said: “We were talking about this potential food crisis
– and then the conflict came in. That has had a profound impact”.
The result, he added, was a “refugee crisis” combined with “worsening
food insecurity”.
“I would think of the people in the North as hostages: they’re being held
hostage by armed groups.”
Because AQIM now dominates the area, aid agencies are increasingly restricted. “Accessing
the population is extremely difficult,” said Mbacke Niang, regional
programme manager for Oxfam. “So far, we have been able to operate, but
not to the scale we would want to, because of the security situation. We’re
not happy with the scale of the aid that we’re able to provide: we can
provide more aid.”
Of the 300,000 people whom Oxfam has targeted for food distribution, only
46,000 – or 15 per cent – can actually be reached.
Mali’s army, gravely weakened by the loss of weapons, ammunition and bases to
AQIM, is probably incapable of retaking the North. Other West African states
have proposed deploying 3,000 troops for this task.
But any counter-offensive would inflame the conflict and force yet more people
out of their homes. Aid agencies are quietly planning for a still greater
number of refugees.
“If another military intervention happens, we fear these figures will
increase,” said Mr Niang. “It’s something that we, as an aid
agency, need to be ready for.”
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