Mali Information Bulletin

1 CMI Command (1 CMI CO) has done research to acquire a clearer view on the non-kinetic situation in GAO, MALI. Doing so, 1 CMI CO used its particular characterisitcs by employing all open sources available to it, especially French ones, as the francophonie of its personnel is one of the particular strong points of 1 CMI CO within the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces. Additionally, 1 CMI CO employed its other assets, such as its traditionally good personal relations with the NGO community and its own expertise present within its networks of Functional Specialists.
As a result, this report, as practically all products of 1 CMI CO, has been issued with the lowest possible security classification. Rather than as disqualifier, this classification can and perhaps even should be regarded as a sign of distinction when evaluating this report.
The information acquired was assembled in and disseminated from 3 D ARTS, the special database software tool designed by 1 CMI CO.

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This report covers six topics, and each chapter discusses one of those six topics. Please note that the current order of chapters implies no indication regarding relevance. Inevitably, overlaps occurred while covering the six topics but these have been synchronized and dovetailed to the chapter at hand.