[Pete]

Originally Posted by Wiseman

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/11/world/...nce/index.html

Looks like France will be assisting in the effort to fight the Tuaregs.

".....Tuareg rebels retreated from the well-armed militants but have vowed to fight back and establish in the north their own country, which they call Azawad........"

The Tuaregs may have started it but even they are turned off by the extremists.