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The bombing of Mali highlights all the lessons of western intervention
The west African nation becomes the eighth country in the last four years alone where Muslims are killed by the west Guardian

France military says Mali town Konna 'not recaptured' BBC

OWEN JONES Independent

The war in Libya was seen as a success, now here we are engaging with the blowback in Mali
Our Government and media may often ignore the price of Western interventions, but in future conflicts and fuel for radical Islamist groups, it is still paid nonetheless.

Mali conflict: French 'fighting Islamists in Diabaly' BBC

Two foreign nationals, one of them British, have been killed and several taken hostage in an attack by Islamist militants on a gas facility in eastern Algeria - militants vowed to avenge France's military intervention in Mali, BBC

Algeria siege: Hostages 'escape Islamist captors' BBC

Algeria Hostage Crisis: David Cameron Kept In Dark About Rescue Mission www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Hostage siege at Algeria gas plant not over

The hostage crisis at a gas facility in the Algerian desert has yet to be resolved, officials have said. BBC

Algeria siege: 'Around 30' hostages unaccounted for BBC

Algeria hostages: Five Britons dead or unaccounted for BBC

Algeria crisis: Hostage death toll 'rises to 48' BBC

Algerian Hostage Crisis: British Survivor Alan Wright Relives Daring Escape www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Mali conflict: French troops 'seize' Diabaly, Douentza BBC

French Soldier Wearing Skeleton Mask In Mali Sparks Controversy www.huffingtonpost.com - (PHOTO)

Mali conflict: Army probes summary executions claim BBC