Tuareg Rebels Take Mali Garrison Town, Say Sources -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
* Mali loses key government foothold in border region
* Attempts to resupply Tessalit had failed, soldiers fled
* Tuareg fighters seeking to carve out desert homeland
BAMAKO, March 11 (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels seeking to
carve out a desert homeland in Mali's north have taken control
of the key garrison town of Tessalit following a weeks-long
siege, rebel and military sources said on Sunday.
Malian army units defending the town, one of the
government's few footholds in the area, fled overnight towards
the Algerian border after attempts by the military to resupply
them were beaten back, the sources said.
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Tuareg on the Warpath Again -- Roger Kaplan, American Spectator