The Tuareg have policed the Sahara for longer than one can fathom. Leave Mali alone. Leave the Tuareg alone. Fucking go home, USA, with your "interests" in tow.
Clinton presses Algeria on Mali intervention plan
By Andrew Quinn
ALGIERS |
Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:40pm EDT
Clinton's one-day visit comes amid mounting international pressure on Algeria over the crisis in Mali, where a March military coup was followed by a revolt that has seen Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants, some linked to al Qaeda, seize control of the northern two-thirds of the country.
The senior U.S. official said after the talks that Clinton argued strongly that counter-terror efforts in Mali could not wait for a political resolution to Mali's problems.
"The secretary underscored ... that it is very clear that a political process and our counter-terrorism efforts in Mali need to work in parallel," the official said.
"We have an awful lot at stake here, and an awful lot of common interests, and there's a strong recognition that Algeria has to be a central part of the solution," the senior U.S. official told reporters traveling with Clinton.
"They are going to be supportive of a major effort in Mali to both restore democracy and restore order in the North...."
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