Comments on: Algeria plays a master’s game in northern Mali

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[…] “How Washington helped forter the Islamist uprising in Mali”). In particular, The role of Algeria and Western foreign policy in particular have proven key to the Islamist takeover, as has the […]

By: The West’s intervention in Mali | SANSCULOTTISM

The West’s intervention in Mali | SANSCULOTTISM — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:13:39 +0000

[...] West’s intervention and that the real extent of the islamic factor is exaggerated with some commentators contending that Ilyad Ag Ghaly, the leader of the Islamist Ansar Dine, is in fact in the pay of the [...]

By: Some Long Thoughts: Algeria Plays Defense | The Moor Next Door

Some Long Thoughts: Algeria Plays Defense | The Moor Next Door — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:41:46 +0000

[...] saw it in the pattern of Algerian penetration into AQIM and took it as evidence the Algerians were running the whole show. It should be noted that the Algerian intelligence services do have a history in cultivating and [...]

By: The Mali intervention « Arun with a View

The Mali intervention « Arun with a View — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:56:52 +0000

[...] key regional actor, obviously, is Algeria. Algeria’s game in Mali over the past year—which the well-informed blogger Andy Morgan, writing last July, called “masterful”—is well known (of trying to split Ansar [...]

By: Thinking About Algeria and Mali « peter tinti

Thinking About Algeria and Mali « peter tinti — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:58:07 +0000

[...] have a clear understanding of how Algeria defines its interests. The allure of theories that focus on the state intelligence services and its ties to actors in northern Mali rests on their [...]

By: salim

salim — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:34:41 +0000

Van KAAS! YOU ARE 100% RIGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID Morocco is engaged in a propaganda effort to disinform European an American public about the situation in the Sahara for its own agenda.Also morocco would do anything right or wrong for America,Israel and some other European Countries as long as they support them for the illegal occupation of western sahara.

By: van kaas

van kaas — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:38:52 +0000

Richard:
“Being interested” is a neutral position and if one states “we need that evidence” it indicates a position that is clearly biased, but without evidence.
One can like or dislike the Algerian government but it is very clear it is a secular republic that is engaged in a war with terrorists as no other.
One can like or dislike the Moroccan government but it is very clear it is an Islamic monarchy with expansionist inclinations: Ceuta, Western Sahara, Sand War.
Morocco does not support Algeria in its war against terrorism. Morocco is engaged in a propaganda effort to disinform European an American public about the situation in the Sahara for its own agenda.

By: Richard Trillo

Richard Trillo — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:13:33 +0000

van kaas: why should one be “anti-Algerian” to be interested in whether there is any evidence of a link between the current undemocratic government of Algeria (I can’t, offhand. think of a quicker shorthand to express something that most reasonable human beings must agree on!) and the Islamists in Mali?

It’s not likely that many people reading this blog would mistake Andy’s broad sentiments for any kind of anti-”any people” position. You seem to be one of the rare examples. Nevertheless: peace.

By: van kaas

van kaas — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:30:24 +0000

We need that evidence, guys, and we need it badly. The evidence of collusion between Algeria and the Islamists… One has to be anti-Algerian for that wish. Who is anti-Algerian? The makhzen. Now I will be looking forward to youtube movies on collusion between Andy Morgan and the DGED.