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It's always such a joy to see your friendly, smiling face and to have access to your enormous brain full of information, specifically information about Molly. This time I've asked you on to help us make sense of the events that began in Mali on the

25th of April, so just a couple of weeks ago, even less.

And back in January, we with Ayn, I with Ayn, did an episode on Molly. A-M-N-forecast something like what happened.

So you're here.

You're going to tell us what happened.

You're going to help us maybe understand what's going to happen.

Let's get right into it.

Okay, Wasim, Molly, you, just to remind the dear listeners, because they may associate you mainly with Syria.

You've been on the show mainly to talk about Syria, but actually, you have equally cut your teeth in the Sahel region. I mean,

you are really one of the world experts on the jihadist groups that have come to dominate terrorize pillage and possibly govern that region for a long time. And, you know,

you're very trusted by the jihadist groups you know the leaders

to some extent you've broken many important stories so you are a genuine expert on the Sahil

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