Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine in northern Mali, rejected the idea of an independent state in the north of the country. Calling for the imposition of sharia law throughout Mali, he said, "Whoever is for a secular state is our enemy and will fought by all means."
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