The militants’ seizure of Diabaly during French airstrikes hints at their tactics: dig in among the population, use residents as a human shield, melt away.
DIABALY, Mali — The militants came with gifts of dates, milk, peanuts, cookies and plastic prayer beads, extolling Islam and promising townspeople they wouldn’t hurt them. They took over houses, unloaded truckloads of ammunition, food and water and ordered families not to run away.
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