Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula kidnapped an Italian woman who was touring the desert south of the town of Djanet. Algerian security forces launched an operation in an attempt to recover her.

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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