The government agreed to allow ECOWAS to send a 3,000 troops to Bamako to help dislodge the Islamists who seized northern Mali this spring. The deployment hinges upon approval by the UN Security Council, which is concerned about "increasing entrenchment of terrorist elements including al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and affiliated groups" in northern Mali.
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