https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/15/al-qaedas-dangerous-play-in-mali/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:36:42 -0400<![CDATA[After the fall of Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the group began to accumulate huge amounts of weapons from the North African country, which remains unstable. This windfall was followed up by the strategic partnership with Ansar al Dine which allowed the two groups to sweep out government forces from northern Mali, before turning on a Tuareg independence movement, an erstwhile ally, gaining control an area of the Sahara the size of Texas. The mix of Al Qaeda in the Mahgreb, Ansar al Dine and the Tuareg rebels is combustible. After the looting of the Gaddafi arms depot in Libya, they are all very well-armed; indeed, Al Qaeda in the Maghreb is likely the best armed Al Qaeda franchise operating in the world today.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:30:26 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/15/al-qaedas-dangerous-play-in-mali-n99255