SARAKALA, Mali (Reuters) - Early this week, Koura Coulibaly was ready to pack her bags and abandon Sarakala, a small village in central Mali.
Three days into an offensive by French war planes and attack helicopters, Islamist rebels launched a dramatic counter-attack, seizing the town of Diabaly town from Mali's army, about 100 km (60 miles) away.
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