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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters are said to be moving into the Wagadou Forest near the Mauritanian border. Residents are fleeing the area in anticipation of a security operation.

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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