Al Qaeda in the Maghreb

Ahead of Mali Resolution, Worries Grow over Military Intervention

By Carey L. Biron
Even as U.S. and French officials suggest that a United Nations resolution on military intervention in Mali could come by the end of the week, concerns are rising that such action could do far more harm than good.

U.S. Impatient with African Response to Northern Mali Conflict

By Jim Lobe
Despite growing western concerns about the continuing reign in northern Mali by an Al Qaeda-linked group, analysts here say it will take months before conditions could be ripe to oust it from the region, by military force if necessary.


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