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May 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The main presidential guard barracks in Bamako was overrun by ruling junta forces on Tuesday, striking a heavy blow to guardsmen loyal to deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure, the state-run BBC reported.
Earlier in the day, coup leader Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo said in a statement broadcast on state television that his troops were in control of the airport and the state broadcaster building, which is the headquarters of the national television and radio stations.
According to the director of Bamako’s Gabriel Toure hospital, 14 people have died and 40 others have been injured during the clashes.
On Monday, members of the Red Berets presidential guards unit attempted a countercoup by trying to wrest back the state broadcaster building, which has been held by junta troops since March 22, when Malian soldiers led by Captain Sanogo toppled President Toure and took control of government institutions.
On April 20, Toure fled to Senegal after taking shelter in the Senegalese Embassy in Mali.
The military said it had overthrown Toure because his government had not done enough in the military campaign against separatist Tuareg rebels in the north.
But in the wake of the coup, the Tuareg rebels have taken control of the entire northern desert region.
Toure tendered his official resignation on April 8 to facilitate a deal signed by the junta chief and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator Djibril Bassole to establish an interim government and restore constitutional rule.
Mali’s interim leaders, President Dioncounda Traore and Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, have been tasked with organizing elections and bringing an end to the northern separatist rebellion.
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