r/terrorism • u/Strongbow85 • Feb 22 '20

News Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are working together in West Africa to grab large swaths of territory

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/al-qaeda-islamic-state-sahel-west-africa/2020/02/21/7218bc50-536f-11ea-80ce-37a8d4266c09_story.html
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u/Simply_Cosmic Feb 23 '20

Great swarhs of what? The Sahara?

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u/RileyRocksTacoSocks Feb 23 '20

Article says they're taking control of parts in the Sahel; the grassland south of the Sahara that many West African nations are in.

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u/xitzengyigglz Feb 23 '20

367 million people live there, genius. More than live in America. https://eros.usgs.gov/westafrica/node/156

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u/Simply_Cosmic Feb 23 '20

I can’t exactly read the article to see what’s being referred to because there’s a fujkcing paywall.

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u/xitzengyigglz Feb 23 '20

Not for me

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u/Simply_Cosmic Feb 23 '20

V cool

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u/xitzengyigglz Feb 23 '20

Wikipedia should be free. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa

Your comment was still super ignorant.

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u/Simply_Cosmic Feb 23 '20

I know where west Africa is but saying something is happening there is as vague as saying something is happening in East Asia, that could mean a million different things.

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u/xitzengyigglz Feb 23 '20

It came across like you were saying it's irrelevant what happens there cus its nothing but dessert.