Militia Destroys Timbuktu World Heritage Sites, July 2012

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Credit: RFI/Moussa Kaka

Members of Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa approach Timbuktu.
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An Islamist fighter with his face covered guards the city of Timbuktu.
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The damaged mausoleum of Cheikh Sidi Yahya.
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The doors of a mausoleum ripped off by Ansar Dine.
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One of several cemeteries protected under UNESCO World Heritage has been reduced to rubble.
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There is almost nothing left of the graves in this cemetery destroyed by Islamists.
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A cemetery reduced to rubble by Ansar Dine.
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The government building in Gao, a city taken over by Islamists.

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