... returning to a pre-war situation is not an option, consultations should take place to determine how the country will be governed in the future. But what comes first? Russia believes that the first thing should be to understand when the advance of the Islamists will stop, if ever, and demarcating the remaining territory. Only after that can discussions on how to run this zone begin. Russia has a negative opinion of the Western-backed opposition. In his statement at the General Assembly, Putin said ...
... recognizing the fact that France had intervened in an internal conflict and was bombing Malian citizens would have seemed improper. After the bombing raids on the country’s northern cities, the Tuareg were forgotten and replaced by terrorists and Islamists. The civilian losses have still to be calculated but
over 100 people are known to have been killed
in the French air raids on the town of Kona. At the same time, some Tuareg tribes had rejected Sharia law and clashed with the Islamists back ...
Islamist politicians are not exclusively leading in the presidential race
The campaign to choose Egypt’s new president took place under very different conditions both domestically and in the region. Islamists have come to power in some Arab countries enveloped in a wave of protests. Representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists occupy most seats in the Egyptian parliament. This new uneasy alarm has been acquired by anti-Israel rhetoric....
