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| Islamist rebel leader's wife abandoned in Mali |
| 2013-03-19 |
| [FRANCE24] As the joint French-Malian military operation flushes Islamist militants out of northern Mali, some jihadists leave behind their wives and children when retreating. FRANCE 24 met with the wife of a jihadist leader from the Gao region. Mariam moved back to her mother's house in this peaceful village near Gao, in northern Mali, when her husband left the area. She won't say her husband's name, but everyone in town knows he is Abu Dardar, one of the most brutal and feared jihadist leaders in the region. He saw Mariam in the market one day and decided he was going to marry her. He liked the way she was dressed. He hated women who wore shirts or dresses but she was veiled and already a devout Muslim. Mariam had become a radical when she married her first husband, whom she had three children with, before he abandoned her. When the jihadist leader came and said he wanted to marry her, her family had no choice, they had to agree. Now pregnant with the child of the man who abandoned her, she seems peaceful and resigned to her fate, saying that if her husband is dead, "it's because it's God's will." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Inshallah, Honey. Come to America, we'll sign you up with WIC and give you an EBT card. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-19 11:51 |