AdvertisementOpinionForeign Policy: The Mess In MaliApril 06, 2012Gregory MannfacebookEmailPeople arrive from the northern city of Timbuktu on April 4, 2012 at a station in Bamako after two days travel. World leaders scrambled to stop Mali's descent into chaos, two weeks after a coup in Bamako touched off a sequence which saw Tuareg rebels backed by radical Islamists conquer half the country. (AFP/Getty Images)