^I believe you could say that, yes. Tuaregs are formally islamic, but more importantly -- they're tribalists, who retained a lot of pre-islamic traditions (such as matrilocal marriage), so great part of them aren't fanatics. They shouldn't be confused with local black population, nor Arabs, since they are not Semitic.
Yet the biggest among aforementioned organizations in there, Ansar Dine, is lead by ethnic Tuareg, Iyad Ag Ghaly. From what I understand he had issues with secular Tuaregs and moved to more religious rhetorics, since right rhetorics guarantee better financing, probably not fanatic though. MUJAO the most radical group among three, centered around the city of Gao, mostly consist of local black population, but high ranking officers are predominantly Tuaregs. AQIM, well, this our good ol' friend that became so famous thanks to Lybian conflict, this's Al-Qaeda, it's Maghrib wing. Originated in Algeria, was heavily beaten by them, the remnants, salafists groups, eventually formed what after rename became AQIM in 2006. The latter is what I call Islamintern in it's purest form, operates on account of Gulf Monarchies.
The most important thing to note from Pepe's rant though is... just check the consistency. First, let's remove any secular regime in the region (Gadaffi is dead, Assad is busy, Bouteflike is still alive and kicking though). Second, use islamists to overthrow them, release those who jalied from prisons. Third, support separatism, arm them, finance them. And now, all of a sudden, the very same French are fighting the very same AQIM, exported from Lybia along with Tuaregs, and rest of islamic swarm in Mali, supporting "territorial integrity" of Mali.
