{"id":8376,"date":"2025-08-28T21:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/?p=8376"},"modified":"2025-08-31T06:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T06:47:35","slug":"azawad-liberation-front-is-not-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/azawad-liberation-front-is-not-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"AZAWAD LIBERATION FRONT IS NOT TERRORISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2a8c9df4-67f0-4b74-82d5-efb30882997a-kopiera-1.jpg?fit=379%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2a8c9df4-67f0-4b74-82d5-efb30882997a-kopiera-1.jpg?w=379&amp;ssl=1 379w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2a8c9df4-67f0-4b74-82d5-efb30882997a-kopiera-1.jpg?resize=266%2C300&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2a8c9df4-67f0-4b74-82d5-efb30882997a-kopiera-1.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;ssl=1 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AZAWAD LIBERATION FRONT IS NOT TERRORISM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is the saying of Khamidoun Ag Toumast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You mercenary of the criminal Malian regime, stop lying and falsifying history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>You are the last ones<\/em> who have the right to talk about terrorism, because the real terrorism is your state, Mali, and its army, which committed the most heinous crimes against the people of Azawad: genocide, killing children, raping women, burning villages, and burying innocents in mass graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/arrow.png?resize=555%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-917\" style=\"width:308px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/arrow.png?w=555&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/arrow.png?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540375246_10232019128800766_7775571216176251323_n.jpg?fit=526%2C701&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540375246_10232019128800766_7775571216176251323_n.jpg?w=526&amp;ssl=1 526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540375246_10232019128800766_7775571216176251323_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/540375246_10232019128800766_7775571216176251323_n.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Example of a burnt village.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Documented audio and video evidence attests to all of this. You accuse the Azawad Liberation Front of being a terrorist organization?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">The Azawad Liberation Front is not terrorism; it is a cry for freedom and dignity for a people who have been slaughtered for decades at the hands of your bloody state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It is a resistance movement for the right to self-determination, for justice, and freedom, while you are drowning in blood, resorting to Russian mercenaries and sectarian militias to cover up your defeats and failures. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>You are the ones who created chaos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-e03de67905238e54198e12517c1139c5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/the-azawad-cause-and-freedom-fight-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You are the ones who opened the gates of the desert to ISIS and Al-Qaeda to wreak havoc in the region. <\/a>You are the ones who used terrorism to justify the genocide of innocents in Azawad. And now you come to accuse the victim! You are terrorism itself. You are the killers. You are the criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">Know well that Azawad is not terrorism\u2026 Azawad is freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Azawad Liberation Front is not a crime\u2026the crime is Mali and its failed state. Azawad is a victim of the terrorism of the Malian state, and it will continue to cry out for justice until the entire world hears.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you think that lies will erase the truth, you are delusional. History is written in blood. History records that Mali committed crimes of genocide against the children and women of Azawad, and history records that the voice of freedom cannot be silenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I&#8217;m not surprised by your words. I&#8217;m well aware that it&#8217;s impossible for criminals to confess to their crimes, especially when their crimes are the most heinous crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=598%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=598%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=175%2C300&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=768%2C1316&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=896%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=1195%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?resize=7%2C12&amp;ssl=1 7w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xPeachy_20250804000143200.png?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>A cannibal soldier from the Malian army cutting up a human being to share the flesh and eat it with other soldiers. Picture from 2024.<\/em> <em>This crime was documented and proven authentic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">How can you expect us to hear a word of truth from a regime that was implicated in the genocide of the Azawad people\u2014a genocide that targeted infants, defenseless women, and the vulnerable elderly ?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You say, &#8220;Pseudo genocide&#8221;?! Are the villages that were burned to the ground just an illusion? Are the hundreds of mass graves discovered in the desert just nonsense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Massgrave-discovered-on-8-august.jpg?resize=646%2C656&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Massgrave-discovered-on-8-august.jpg?w=646&amp;ssl=1 646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Massgrave-discovered-on-8-august.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Massgrave-discovered-on-8-august.jpg?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b0ee0d3a10c2e1211dbaa26ceaaf40ce\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/new-mass-grave-discovered-in-azawad-unearthed-by-the-rain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A recently discovered mass grave in Azawad.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Are the tears of mothers, the screams of children, and the photos of corpses published by international human rights organizations just fiction?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Whoever talks about not killing children or raping women should go and hear the testimonies of mothers who were raped at gunpoint in front of their husbands and sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Let them go and see the documents that document how children were slaughtered in cold blood and how the scorched earth policy was practiced against Tuareg villages. These are not fantasies, but facts, in audio and video, and in UN reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Your ridiculous accusation that I would be a Libyan mercenary will not change the truth. We are not mercenaries; we are the sons of the land, the people of Azawad who paid with their blood for their freedom. As for you, you are the real mercenaries who sell your honor and serve a regime steeped in crime and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">The truth you are evading and afraid to admit is that Mali committed systematic genocide, and that history has recorded it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The world is beginning to hear it, and the day will inevitably come when you and your criminal leaders will be brought before international courts on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Therefore, know well that there is no dialogue with the killers and no trust with the executioners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Between us and you, there is only one path: secession, self-determination, and the declaration of the free and independent State of Azawad, a state built on the blood of the martyrs, the groans of the victims, and a legitimate right that cannot be forfeited by the passage of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I will continue to expose your crimes until the entire world hears them. No matter how many lies you spread, you will remain in the dustbin of history, and the day will come when you will be tried before international justice for every drop of innocent blood you shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">As for us, Azawad will remain\u2026 and Azawad will triumph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/404902271_122124588854062992_2454354333487647467_n-new-flag-1.jpg?fit=454%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/404902271_122124588854062992_2454354333487647467_n-new-flag-1.jpg?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/404902271_122124588854062992_2454354333487647467_n-new-flag-1.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/404902271_122124588854062992_2454354333487647467_n-new-flag-1.jpg?resize=14%2C12&amp;ssl=1 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">#Freedom_of_Azawad<br>#Azawad_forever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Khamidoun Ag Toumast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Azawad Support Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">28-08-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">The Azawad Liberation Front affirms that its path is focused on achieving freedom and independence for Azawad through means far from any terrorist activity. Meanwhile, the Malian government and Russian mercenary forces continue to support terrorism and recruit its elements from Russia and Belarus.<br>\ud83d\udd17 Source: Azawad Freedom Voice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">We are not terrorists; we are defenders of freedom and justice for our people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Our fight is not against the innocent, but against the oppressors who refuse to grant us our rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The truth is that we are victims of injustice and oppression, and we continue to fight for our fundamental rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We are not enemies of peace, but defenders of justice and freedom, and we are ready to do anything to achieve our goal: #complete_independence_of_Azawad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-bbc451ac11c6172b04f7e896fe0623f8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/\">H  O  M  E<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Azawad Liberation Front is not terrorism; it is a cry for freedom and dignity for a people who have been slaughtered for decades at the hands of your bloody state.<\/p>\n<p>It is a resistance movement for the right to self-determination, for justice, and freedom, while you are drowning in blood, resorting to Russian mercenaries and sectarian militias to cover up your defeats and failures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,335,140,627,338,588,381,632],"tags":[118,107,106,131,506,398,399,312,115,441,455,260,456,119,121,220,241,620,347,122,300,311,626,235,114,120,136,116,117],"class_list":["post-8376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-azawad-liberation-front","category-azawad-news","category-azawad-mali-fama-africa_corps-wagner-atrocities-terrorism-genocide-racism-human-rights-violations","category-colonialism-oppression-neglect-exploitation-french_colonialism-mali-france-azawad-kel_tamacheq-tuareg-tamacheq","category-media","category-sahel","category-tuareg-diaspora","tag-atrocities","tag-azawad","tag-azawad-liberation-front","tag-azawad-liberation-struggle","tag-azawad_defence","tag-azawad_freedom_fight","tag-azawad_revolutions","tag-cour_penale_internationale","tag-fama","tag-free_azawad","tag-freedom_against_oppression","tag-freedom_fight","tag-freedom_for_azawad-azawad_is_bleeding-wagner_terrorists","tag-genocide","tag-human-rights-violations","tag-human_rights","tag-human_rights_violations","tag-human_rights_watch","tag-humanitarian","tag-humanitarian-crisis","tag-international_community","tag-international_criminal_court","tag-international_reports","tag-international-protests","tag-mali","tag-racism","tag-revolution","tag-terrorism","tag-wagner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8376"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8411,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8376\/revisions\/8411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}