I found another fascinating article on Yahoo news, written by the Associated Press regarding the African nation of Mali. The article describes the extreme poverty in which the people of Mali live with, and how Al Qaida comes into the region and begin to attempt to live as locals, passing out candy, cash, medicine, and calling on the locals to setup mosques and to pray. The local herders and farmers in Mali are taken by the charm, and generosity of the Al Qaida fighters, but they are afraid of their extremist beliefs. Hopefully, the Malian people will be able to walk a fine line of gracefully accepting gifts, without turning their sons and daughters over to be murdered on the alter of violence.
Candy, cash — al-Qaida implants itself in Africa
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