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This handout photo of a video grab provided by the SITE Monitoring Service on January 10, 2013 and posted on January 9 on jihadist forums by a group calling itself “al-Sahara Media Foundation” reportedly shows al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) fighters preparing for war in northern Mali. Malian troops exchanged fire on January 9, 2013 with armed Islamist groups that have been occupying the country’s vast desert north for nine months and appear to be trying to push farther south. The latest clashes, which a resident said included heavy-weapons fire, came less than 48 hours after the west African nation’s army put down an attempted Islamist attack on the same town, Konna, which is located near the edge of the government-controlled zone and the regional capital of Mopti, the gateway to the south. AFP PHOTO / SITE Monitoring Service
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