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AQIM plot foiled in Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb sought to ram explosives-laden boats into Western ships traveling in the Mediterranean.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
UN warns arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram and al-Qaeda
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Al Qaeda
Boko Haram got al Qaeda bomb training, Niger says
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algerian security forces foiled a plot by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to carry out suicide attacks on US and European ships in the Mediterranean from the coast of Algeria.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali deployed additional troops, surveillance and fighter aircraft, and over 200 vehicles to Tinzawaten, close to the Algerian border, to provide security for a festival near Timbuktu and to deter Tuareg rebels. Yesterday al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb warned it will kill the Western hostages it holds if European countries attempt to rescue them.
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria’s descent into holy war
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Al Qaeda
Suicide Attacks in Nigeria: Islamist Terror Network Gains Strength in Africa
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Armed men believed to be members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attacked a newly built military barracks in northeastern Mali and destroyed part of the complex. A leading Touareg separatist group in northern Mali is willing to join the fight against AQIM.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb announced the death of Abu Khabbab Abdulhaq al Qamari, a military commander and longtime jihadist. Qamari “participated in numerous large operations that shook the castles of the apostates….”
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria might talk to Boko Haram via back channels
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mauritania issued an international warrant for the arrest of Moustapha Ould Limam Chavi, an opponent of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, for supporting terror groups in the Sahel region. Three other Mauritanian nationals, Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou, Elhacen Ould Khlil, and Vawaz Ould Ahmed, believed to be influential members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, are also wanted.
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Afghanistan
Al-Qaida leadership almost wiped out in Pakistan, British officials believe
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria bombings: worshippers fear more attacks
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s “Al Vourghan” brigade is believed to be responsible for kidnapping a Mauritanian gendarme earlier this week in Adel Bagrou. Some analysts believe the attack was led by the al Qaeda splinter group “Jamat Tawhid Wal Jihad Fi Garbi Afriqqiya” (Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa), which recently claimed responsibility for the Tindouf kidnappings.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Suspected al Qaeda fighters kidnapped a Mauritanian policeman near the border with Mali. The Jamat Tawhid wal Jihad fi Garbi Afriqqiya (Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa – MOJWA) has claimed it has split from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algerian troops crossed into Mali to help Malian forces combat al Qaeda-linked groups. Such groups in Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Mauritania have become more active since the dispersal of Colonel Ghaddafi’s arsenal in the region.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algeria and Mauritania’s leaders vowed to beef up security in the Sahel region, where Islamist militants are holding a dozen Western hostages. Security analysts warn that al-Qaeda’s North African branch seeks to turn the region into “a new Somalia.”
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Some remarkable facts about the ‘US Strategy for Counterterrorism’
The US is shifting its counterterrorism focus to Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa, as it believes al Qaeda has been defeated in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of five foreign nationals in two recent Mali terror attacks. But AQIM denied any involvement in the kidnapping of three aid workers from a Polisario-run refugee in Algeria.
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Algeria
Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for Arab Spring revival
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb threatened to kill a British hostage in two weeks if their demands are not met. The British hostage was kidnapped along with an Italian, who was not shown in the video.
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda expanding footprint in Africa
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Boko Haram
Alarm bells over Nigeria Islamist group: US Congress
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Security forces detained Mohamed Salem Ould Mohamed Lemine, a radical Salafist preacher who supports al Qaeda, during a raid in Nouakchott. Eighteen other Salafists were also arrested.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Sahel states to examine AQIM-Boko Haram link
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algeria talks target militant groups’ north Africa influence
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Al Qaeda
Algeria says Nigeria’s Boko Haram tied to al Qaeda
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Al Qaeda
Algeria: 900 mosques, prayer halls shut for ‘national security’
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria Islamists joining with jihadists: army
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Canada – The day Fowler and Guay’s fate was decided
