On the night of January 22 to 23 , the French attacked Attack a group of jihadists in the desert about 130 kilometers north of Timbuktu .

The fight takes place Process_start south of the village of Kondaoui where jihadists were probably come to stock Preserving up on food and water .

In addition , two pickup jihadists were destroyed Destroying .

at least one of the dead is identified Check jihadists ; algeria 's abdelkader ben boucha , 33 , from el oued .

The hijacking Attack has been seen Perception_active as one of the millennium attack Attack plots in late December 1999 and early January 2000 by al-Qaeda-linked jihadists .

In 2004 General Pallop Pinmanee claimed Statement that there were only 500 hardcore jihadists .