Libya News: Tuaregs resurgent after Gaddafi
A Touareg tribesman parades during a welcome ceremony for the African Union delegation at Tripoli’s airport on April 10, 2011.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Not that it should come as a big surprise (at least not not if you read GlobalPost) but Muammar Gaddafi's demise and the return of thousands of his loyal Tuareg fighters is threatening to further destabilize a fragile region.
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It is a worrying sign of a return of rebel activity by Tuareg fighters who feel marginalized and neglected by governments in faraway capitals who nevertheless claim to rule over them. Combined with the apparently growing strength of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the desert fringes of the Sahara are becoming an increasingly dangerous place.
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