Cheese-eating surrender monkeys no more! French president Francois Hollande landed in the Malian city of Timbuktu, making a triumphant stop six days after French forces parachuted in to liberate the desert city from al-Qaeda-linked militants. The crowds cheered “Viva la France!” as the French president made his way through the streets. The Telegraph reported: Extraordinary… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Timbuktu
Fleeing Islamists Torch Priceless Documents at Timbuktu Library
Ahmed Baba Institute Library in Timbuktu before it was torched by Islamists. (BuildLiveGreen) Islamists torched the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu this week before fleeing the city. The library includes 30,000 ancient documents on culture, science and geography. The Daily Mail reported: Islamist extremists have set fire to a library containing historic manuscripts as they… Read more »
Islamists With Guns and Pick Axes Destroy Ancient Shrines in Timbuktu
Islamist militants destroy an ancient shrine in Timbuktu. Mali Islamists occupying the city of Timbuktu, north-west of Mali, are destroying more mausoleums announced an Islamist chief in the city on Dec.23, 2012. (AFP) Islamists with guns and pick axes destroyed several historic tombs in Timbuktu on Sunday. Reuters reported, via Free Republic: Islamist gunmen destroyed… Read more »
Open thread: Timbuktu, Penn State, and Mitt Romney’s electoral problem
What’s coming up on Sunday Kos … Desecration and destruction in Timbuktu, by Denise Oliver Velez Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s two-ring circus comes to town, by Mother Mags Mitt Romney’s complicated path to 270 electoral votes, by Steve Singiser The Republicans’ killer lies on health care, by Jon Perr aka Avenging Angel Penn State must shut… Read more »