Benghazi suspect’s brother is al Qaeda facilitator
The Daily Beast reported that the brother of a key suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi is an al Qaeda in Iraq facilitator.
Tag Archives: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Malian jihadists advance southward
Ansar Dine, the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb took control of towns in central Mali.
Algeria
Terror risk persists in North Africa, survey shows
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Ansar al-Din threat stokes Sahel fears
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Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study
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Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
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In Nigeria, trapped between Islamist radicals and security forces
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mauritania braces for war next door
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Al-Qaeda group: France endangers hostages by intervening in Mali
Tunisian government arrests al Qaeda cell tied to Ansar al Sharia
The Tunisian government has arrested members of a terrorist cell trained by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Tunisia’s interior minister says that members of the cell were “active within” Ansar al Sharia Tunisia.
Boko Haram suicide bombers attack mobile phone companies in Nigeria
The offices of South Africa’s MTN and India’s Airtel were the targets of today’s suicide attacks in Kano.
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Maghreb countries boost border security
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Sahel insecurity poses global threat, study finds
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Al-Qaeda-affiliated cell dismantled in Tunisia
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Racism spurs Mali terrorist defections
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali intervention by ECOWAS: Refugee fears
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Kidnappings Fuel Extremists in Western Africa
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Can France and Algeria find common ground on Mali?
Mali
In northern Mali, Islamists’ attacks against civilians grow more brutal
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Plan for military intervention in Mali stalls
Afghanistan
Terror Fight Shifts to Africa
Ansar Dine
Mali: Report on Situation in Areas Close to Frontline
US adds West African group, 2 leaders, to terrorism list
The US government has added the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa and two of its leaders to the list of global terrorists and entities. The group has named one of its units fighting in Mali after Osama bin Laden.
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Mali peace talks: Tuareg and Islamist leaders ‘chatted, cracked jokes’
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US-Approved Weapons Transfer Ended Up With Libyan Jihadis
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Gen. Carter F. Ham Details Al Qaeda Influence in Mali
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
The top US military commander in Africa said AQIM is operating terrorist training camps in Mali and providing training, weapons, and financing to the al Qaeda-linked Boko Haram in Nigeria. “Al Qaeda and other organizations are strengthening their hold in northern Mali” with each passing day, he said.
Hamas
German Weapons Exports on the Rise as Merkel Doctrine Takes Hold
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
AQIM’s Sahara emirate created a sixth brigade, a Tuareg-led unit called “Youssef ben Tachfine.” The new brigade is made up largely of Tuaregs and led by El Kairouani Abu Abdelhamid al-Kidali, who is a member of AQIM’s Ansar brigade under command of Abdelkrim Tarki. The Tuareg brigade will control a large area of northeastern Mali […]
Mali
Mali Islamists whip unmarried couples in public