Anger over destruction of priceless treasures in Timbuktu
By Marc Bastian in Timbuktu, Mali | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-31 07:25
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A man recovers burned ancient manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Center for Documentation and Research in Timbuktu on Tuesday. Eric Feferberg / Agence France-Presse |
"They are not Muslims, they are bandits!" raged Muhammad Elher Ag Abba, whose house flanks a famed archive in Timbuktu where retreating Islamists burned priceless ancient books and manuscripts before fleeing.
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