Ancar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist militia led by Iyad Ag Ghaly, demanded the imposition of sharia law in Mali. Ag Ghaly’s cousin is a leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Ancar Dine forces captured a military base in Aguelhok and summarily executed 82 people. Malian forces made a “strategic retreat” from Tessalit; Ancar Dine seized the town and denied entry to the Red Cross.
