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Islamist Threat in Nigeria Grows With Qaeda Help
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Al-Qaida in North Africa seeks Arab Spring jihad
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Mali’s two-pronged approach to combating Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has launched an “indoctrination campaign” along the Mali-Mauritania border. AQIM “has been organizing exhortatory and religious lectures that end with inviting people to engage in holy war” near military barracks in Mali, a local said.
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Hostage video: Europeans kidnapped in Nigeria blame Al Qaeda
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a short video showing a British and an Italian hostage who were kidnapped in May. No demands were made by AQIM, although the terror group is known to trade hostages for ransom.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it carried out the July 5 raid on the military barracks in the town of Bassiknou in Mauritania. The group claimed only two of its fighters were killed, and denied government reports that five of its fighters were killed and 15 were captured, SITE reported.
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Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch has aided Somalia militants, US says
AQIM suicide bombers kill 4 in Algeria
The suicide bombers attacked a police station in an area that serves as a stronghold for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The suicide attack is the first in Algeria this year.
Afghanistan
Leon Panetta says al Qaeda’s defeat “within reach”
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Mauritania: Military on alert for possible Al-Qaeda attack
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Abu Obeida Yusuf al ‘Annabi, a member of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s shura, said the group pledged fealty to Ayman al Zawahiri. “We pledge to you to be obedient, and we consider ourselves one of the arrows of Islam,” he said.
Mauritanian troops attack AQIM camp in Mali
“Very fierce” fighting was reported after Mauritanian soldiers conducted a cross-border attack on an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb camp.
Libya
US funds hunt for Libyan missiles
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‘Terrorists’ targetting Tunisian tourism: report
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Officials: terror groups are joining crime rings
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Signs of leadership void as al Qaeda pushes on
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Eulogies and fury: Jihadists eager to avenge bin Laden’s death
Al Qaeda affiliates weigh in on Osama bin Laden’s death
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Jemaah Islamiyah have commented on the al Qaeda emir’s death.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb praised Osama bin Laden and credited him for the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen. “Do not cry for him…. Instead rise and go on his path. Rise and thwart the American Zionist Western unjust aggression with all of your power and energy.”
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Al-Qaeda group claims Osama bin Laden triumph in Arab revolts
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Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda
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Bin Laden’s death doesn’t mean the end of al Qaeda
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Al-Qaeda threat more diffuse but persistent
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Marrakesh blast was remote-controlled bomb: France
Deadly bombing hits tourist site in Morocco
Fifteen people, including 10 foreigners, were killed in a bombing at a cafe frequented by tourists in the city of Marrakech.
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In a tape released on the jihadist forums, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb again called for France to withdraw from Afghanistan in exchange for the release of five French hostages captured in Niger. “We implore the president of the French republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, to answer favorably al Qaeda’s demands for France to withdraw French […]
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Libya rebels raise concern about Islamic extremism
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed 13 Algerian troops during an ambush in the Kabylie region. The attack took place near Tizi Ouzou, an AQIM stronghold in the east.