Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Abdul Malik Droukdel, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, said his terror group still backs al Qaeda. “We inform you, O Emir Osama Bin Laden, that we are still faithful to you and are fighting with all our force,” Droukdel said in an audiotape.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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