Tagged with Mali

Tunisia links two wanted jihadist groups to al-Qaeda

  Tunisian army vehicles are deployed in Kasserine, the regional capital of the western region of Mount Chaambi, on May 7, 2013. (AFP) AFP, Tunis – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday recognized that two jihadist groups which the army has been hunting on the Algerian border have links to al-Qaeda, stressing their determination to take them … Continue reading »

This Is al-Qaeda’s Next African Target

By Jens Wiegmann This article was originally published in Die Welt. NOUAKCHOTT – Cheick Boya doesn’t think much of al-Qaeda. Of course he’s heard that the self-proclaimed holy warriors are recruiting in Nouakchott, and promising good money. The recruiters are mainly from Mali, the country that borders the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the east. … Continue reading »

Timbuktu and the Nazis

Timbuktu and the Nazis By Eileen F. Toplansky The calculated destruction of libraries and cultural artifacts has a long history. Reading about the recent and deliberate destruction in Timbuktu, Mali by al Qaeda-backed terrorists who had governed Timbuktu reminds one of the relentless zeal of dictators to annihilate artistic and religious expressions of creativity. It … Continue reading »

Al-Qaeda’s Anti-Black Racism

  George Orwell’s famous statement that some pigs are more equal than others can also be applied to al-Qaeda today. The premiere Islamist terrorist organization that all others try to emulate has always prided itself on welcoming equally as brothers all those who adopt its narrow and violent version of Islam. But the current conflict … Continue reading »

Halting the Islamist Threat

Halting the Islamist Threat By Michael Curtis Western democracies are no longer facing a shadowy enemy. Now that jihadist militants, many of whom are al Qaeda linked terrorists, have for more than a year have launched successful aggressive action against both Africans and Westerners in Mali and in Algeria, the international community has finally become … Continue reading »

New al Qaeda threat this week

  A jihadist website posted a new threat by al Qaeda this week that promises to conduct “shocking” attacks on the United States and the West.   The posting appeared on the Ansar al Mujahidin network Sunday and carried the headline, “Map of al Qaeda and its future strikes.”   The message, in Arabic, asks: … Continue reading »

North Africa Is the New Afghanistan

When Obama took office four years ago, North Africa wasn’t keeping CIA analysts up at night. There were known trouble spots in the region, but no one thought that it was likely to turn into the next Afghanistan. Then along came the Arab Spring. Egypt, the great regional power, has since fallen into the hands … Continue reading »

#IslamRising The storm is just beginning

European countries with sizeable Muslim populations would do well to be cautious in the face of an Islamist backlash by Benjamin Lazarus/ It should by now be clear that we are facing a mood and a movement far transcending the level of issues and policies and the governments that pursue them. This is no less … Continue reading »

Some #Algeria Attackers Are Placed at #Benghazi

Now, who woulda guessed.. ALGIERS — Several Egyptian members of the squad of militants that lay bloody siege to an Algerian gas complex last week also took part in the deadly attack on the United States Mission in Libya in September, a senior Algerian official said Tuesday. The Egyptians involved in both attacks were killed … Continue reading »