Timbuktu Reclaimed

You may remember the story earlier this month that Islamic extremists had seized control of the fabled city of Timbuktu, the focus of a very cool book by my friend Rick Antonson.

Say what you will about the willingness of the French to engage an enemy; they get the thanks for leading the liberation of the city over the past 48 hours, along with forces from Mali...but not before scores of historic manuscripts were torched as the extremists fled.

Here's hoping that, in time, we can all go to Timbuktu for a haircut.