With regards to the Tuaregs, they are steadfastly against the Sadafists. Remember, the Sadafists kidnapp foreigners but they kill the Tuaregs (at least those who are in military operations, policing the desert).

The Sadafists have some support, sure. They are not so different from foreign missionaries; they travel around the brousse, distribute aide with ideology. But popular support is absent -- their movement is largely Algerian/Arab and their actions are in conflict with the Tuareg interests.

For example, watch how these militant actions affect the region. Tourism is just one facet. The real problem is the ONGs who will either pull their foreign staff, or close completely (as concerns of corruption often prevent them from funding non Western operated projects). The foreign aid is going to be blocked from the actions of the Sadafist. This is clearly bad for the region of the North. The Tuaregs have a vested interested in their region that extends to a militant nationalism. The Sadafists, on the other hand, have no interests. It's not their desert, it's just where they've been driven to hide after they were expelled from Northern Algeria.

That being said, there's a reluctance for the military to hand over extensive control to the former rebels...it's a tenative peace. If the Sadafists have their run of the desert, it's not because the Tuaregs are looking the other way, but more of a fault of the government in Bamako that wants to avoid aiding those who would demand independence of "azawad."