Mali Coup Has US Interventionism Written All Over It
Aftereffects of Libyan War and extensive training to the coup leader helped foment the toppling of the democratic Mali government. - While Mali seems geopolitically insignificant compared to many other countries in Washington’s purview, U.S. foreign policy helped lay the groundwork for this coup. The aftereffects of the U.S.-led NATO war in Libya which ousted Muammar Gadhafi had a strong hand in fomenting the coup and the coup leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, received extensive training in the U.S. from 2004-2010.
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