@asteris @geoffreyyork In your December piece you not mention estimates of smuggled manuscripts. Do you mean most of 700,000 were removed?
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Replying to @giantpandinha
@giantpandinha@asteris Only a minority were smuggled or hidden. But most were in private collections, not in the 2 central libraries.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @geoffreyyork
@geoffreyyork@asteris Ok, thanks. Wish the reporting/tweeting would mention estimates of destroyed documents.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @giantpandinha
@giantpandinha@asteris There's no estimate of destroyed manuscripts because the info so far is highly unclear. Only one 2nd-hand source.1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @giantpandinha
@giantpandinha@asteris The mayor is currently in internal exile in Bamako. He didn't witness it. He says a friend saw it. We're checking.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
@geoffreyyork see my previous RT, BBC says embedded w French army returning mayor to Timbuktu
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