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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda silent on French hostages in Mali
Al Qaeda
Algeria Sowed Seeds of Hostage Crisis as It Nurtured Warlord
Ansar al Sharia Egypt calls on Muslims to resist France in Mali
Ansar al Sharia Egypt, an al Qaeda-linked group, has called on Muslims to resist France’s intervention in Mali. In an entry on its Facebook page, the group posted an image of the Eiffel Tower being attacked and asked, “Is France unaware of who it is fighting?”
France
The Interior Minister said France will deport several hardline imams who advocate global jihad, describing them as foreign-born Salafists who “target women, make remarks contrary to our values and refer to the need to fight against France.” Police arrested two men in Toulouse suspected of links to al Qaeda sympathizer Mohamed Merah.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali Tuareg rebels say they control Kidal, Islamists gone
Mali
Global experts tackle Sahel security
Al Qaeda
‘Darker Sides’: The Vast Islamist Sanctuary of ‘Sahelistan’
France
France urged donor nations to honor pledges of support for a viable Syrian opposition, warning that delay raises the risk extremists will prevail in Syria. A French court ordered Twitter to provide data to help identify persons who post racist and anti-Semitic comments.
African Union
In Mali, French Troops Step Up Role
African Union
Mali conflict: AU set to discuss troop deployments
France
Turkey Reinforces ‘Hands Off’ Policy on Mali
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali dispatch: ‘Why join the Islamists? Because they pay more’
Mali
US Weighing How Much Help to Give France’s Military Operation in Mali
France
Mali Army, Riding US Hopes, Is Proving No Match for Militants
Mohammed al Zawahiri threatens West, condemns Mali intervention
The younger brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri has called for jihad in Mali and threatened France, as well as other countries. He “organized” last week’s protest at the French Embassy in Cairo. Al Qaeda banners were on display during the protest.
France
A senior counterterrorism judge said the terrorist who masterminded the siege of the In Amenas gas field “tried to recruit many French citizens in the past to make bomb attacks in France.” The government has asked the US to provide refueling tankers as backup to support French warplanes in the Malian intervention. The foreign minister […]
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali conflict shakes country’s faith in its leaders
Algeria
Algeria attack changes terror landscape in North Africa
Germany
Germany Abroad: ‘Mealy-Mouthed’ Foreign Policy Angers Allies
Algeria
Algeria hostage crisis: What we know
Ansar Dine
‘Gates of Hell’: Mali Conflict Opens New Front in War on Terror
ECOWAS
Ivory Coast Leader: ‘Germany Should Also Send Troops to Mali’
Al Qaeda
‘Lion of the Desert’: Ex-Partner of Germany Leads Malian Islamists
Belmokhtar claims Algerian raid, slaying of hostages for al Qaeda
“We in al Qaeda announce that we carried out the blessed commando operation,” Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the emir of the Those who sign with Blood Brigade, said in a video.
Africa
Terror Threat Prompts US Rethink on Africa
France
The French foreign minister stressed that the French military intervention in Mali is no substitute for the planned African force, which should be deployed “as quickly as possible.” Two Turkish men were detained in Paris in the investigation into the murder of three female Kurdistan Workers’ Party activists, including its co-founder, Sakine Cansiz.
The younger Zawahiri protests France’s ‘war against Islam’
Mohammed al Zawahiri, the younger brother of al Qaeda’s emir, helped stage a protest in front of the French embassy in Cairo today. The protesters denounced France’s intervention in Mali, saying the country was “at war against Islam.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Nations fume, quietly, over Algerian hostage raid
ECOWAS
French Mission in Mali Puts Germany in a Tight Spot