BREAKING: Turkish state media says 6 Turkish Airlines personnel are among hostages in Mali
https://twitter.com/AP/status/667652896004177920
Mali security forces escort two women from besieged Bamako hotel
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/667645510816301057?lang=en
Expert Douglas Yates: sparse notes from what he said
Ansar al Deen, basically a group that usurped the Tuareg movement, destroyed Timbaktu,...
Vast mineral resources.
Security conflict, France intervened, the Northern areas sparse and insecure
A hotel with Western tourists makes for a major target in their global jihad...
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About a dozen hostages rescued, so far
update the number of gunman from 2 to 10 not yet known
FR
Many people gathered,
a neighborhood where you can fine a lot of companies and ministries.
busy fri morning there
attacker arrived really early in the morning,
people heard them shooting and shouting Allah Akbar
The hostages are at a certain stair...
Security around, SF on scene,
preparing to go in
perhaps some hostages freed
A groups, linked CharHeb, vowed revenge
[didn't catch the name]
Cells in South of Mali, close to Ivorian boarder
recently 4 cell in Bamako
new attacks one month ago in Bamako
http://www.france24.com/en/timeline/global/ notes from livestream