Press Release
New Western Crusade to Imperialize Mali, Led by the Malicious France
(Translated)

The French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Friday, 11 January 2013, the participation of France's armed forces in the hostilities against armed Islamist groups, and its support for the Malian army through a military campaign supported by foreign forces to regain Kuna, a city in central Mali, that had been seized by the two groups "Al Jihad wal Tawheed" and "Ansar ad-Deen" on Thursday, 10 December, and had halted their progress southward.

In retrospect, the coup in Mali, that happened 3/22/2012, had struck France a fatal blow, as it was clear that America was behind it; that America had worked to create an influence in Mali; as the leader of the coup, Captain Omedua Ahmadou Haya Sanogo, had been chosen from a selection of officers by the American Embassy to receive military anti-terrorism training in the United States, and it is he is who made the issue existential for France; for if France was unable to recover its influence in Mali, then its influence in Africa would gradually come to an end. Therefore, France is working seriously and diligently for international intervention and to regain Mali to its sphere.

Upon the secession of the Islamist movements in Northern Mali, commonly known as Azawad, the leaders of the Economic Community of West Africa "ECOWAS" made the decision to launch a military campaign to relieve itself of the Salafist combatants and to reign the territory back under the control of Mali, while there was a call by the African Union on 12 December 2012 for the Western African nations to "urgently send forces to Northern Mali."

Oh Muslims:

Mali is an Islamic land and most of its inhabitants are Muslims, and it is a land rich in mineral wealth like gold, phosphate, kaolin, bauxite, iron, uranium, and much more, and the international conflict has intensified in it. Obviously, the issue is not an issue of armed groups, or alleged "terrorism", but it is an issue of intense Imperial competition that wants to satisfy its ugly capitalist appetite by nibbling at our lands; for France cares for nothing but returning Mali to its African sphere, but America is seeking to make Mali a focal point to launch an increase in influence in the neighborhood to dominate them.

The Muslim people in Mali and the surrounding states reject any foreign interference. However, the existing regimes are satisfied with this interference, in fact they advocate this, and this is what the Western agents, the Economic Community of West Africa "ECOWAS" and the African Union, did. They eased all paths and opened all doors for the West, to be able to occupy our cities and towns, and plunder our resources and re-divide our lands in a way that would satisfy the greed of the rival Imperial powers!

So beware, O Muslims, of accepting the invading Imperial occupier, even if they distort the facts, or claimed to have come to you with security and safety. And work with the dedicated, hard working workers, and support your brethren in Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has continued to put forth every effort, and sacrifice everything precious, in order to establish the Second Righteous Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" that will protect your lands from every spiteful, greedy imperialist, and will preserve your security, and expel your enemies from your homes.

(وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلا تَنَازَعُوا فَتَفْشَلُوا وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ)

"And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient." [Surah Al Anfal: Aya 46]

Osman Bakhach
Director of Central Media Office Hizb ut Tahrir