21/11/2015
Deadly Mali attack takes international toll with victims from across the globe
It was a typical guest list at an African hotel in a troubled region: aid workers from all over, trying to make things better; Russian pilots; Chinese business people; Western politicians; American military. When terrorists from one of Al Qaeda#8217;s many West African affiliates stormed into the Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako early Friday, among those killed were U.S. aid worker Anita Datar, who was in Mali working on health projects for women, including family planning and HIV; six Russians working for Volga-Dnepr Airlines; three Chinese company executives from the state-owned railway company; a Belgian regional parliamentary member; and an Israeli education...
