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A decade ago, western leaders’ excessive reaction and inflated rhetoric served to amplify rather than diminish the power of Islamist groups. The same danger now overhangs Mali, Algeria and beyond. A series of events and statements in the early weeks … read more »
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Dore Gold long after the French offensive against African jihadists in Mali got underway, a leader of one of the offshoots of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) declared that his organization would “strike at the heart of France.” AQIM … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaida, Algeria, AQIM, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mali, North Africa
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Kenya – An official says gunmen suspected to belong to Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebels have shot dead five people and seriously wounded three others at a restaurant in eastern Kenya. The region’s police chief Charlton Mureithi said Wednesday that supporters of … read more »
Secret internal emails reveal Osama bin Laden was washed, wrapped in a sheet and slid into the sea for his burial in accordance with Islamic burial tradition – and no sailors saw it. The heavily blacked out emails sent between … read more »
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Paul Roger, opendemocracy The conflict in Syria leaves western powers with no good choices, and their agony is intensified by Islamist advances in west Africa. The search for intelligent security rersponses goes on. The arrest of two people at London’s Heathrow … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaida, Boko Haram, Economic Community of West African States, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Nigeria, Syria
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By Ibrahim A. Ibrahim The eleventh commemoration anniversary of 9/11 brings to the forefront the issue of “War on Terrorism”. This war had lasted more than a decade and claimed more than the victims’ count of September 11 attacks. Both … read more »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has congratulated Somalia on its transition of government, speaking in Washington-”What has been accomplished has exceeded what many thought was possible. And it’s taken a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifice, first … read more »
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Tagged African Union, al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Crisis Group, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun Northern Mali, captured by Muslim fundamentalists earlier this year, is rapidly becoming a new haven and headquarters for the al-Qaida terrorist network. Al-Qaida’s growing presence in the Sahel region stretching across West Africa from the … read more »
The death toll from a suspected al-Qaida suicide bombing in southern Yemen rose to 45 Sunday, officials said, in the latest attack against militias allied with the army. The bomber struck a funeral late Saturday, attended by civilian militia fighters … read more »
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Ramzy Baroud The Republic of Mali is fast becoming the Afghanistan of Africa. The reference is being applied with growing enthusiasm by Western media. The tragic reality is that Mali, with massive size and relatively sparse population — 1,240,000 km² … read more »
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By Ramzy Baroud ‘We don’t even know who to be afraid of anymore,’ said Hama Ould Mohammad Bashir, a refugee from Mali (New York Times, July 18). ‘There are a lot of armed people, coming and going all the time.’ … read more »
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Northern Mali promises to be the graveyard of scores of innocent people if African countries don’t collectively challenge Western influence in the region. Mali is fast becoming the Afghanistan of Africa. The tragic reality is that Mali – a large … read more »
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ALGIERS, Algeria — North Africa’s branch of al-Qaida has issued a list of 58 operations carried out in Algeria over four months that it says killed dozens. The announcement has appeared on online extremist forums and details 58 operations between … read more »
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A court in Pakistan on Monday jailed former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters for illegally staying in the country and hiding their identity from authorities. The women were sentenced to 45 days in … read more »
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A Kenyan police spokesman says an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group has killed at least 30 Kenyan civilians since Kenyan troops entered Somalia. Eric Kiraithe said Saturday the killings are believed to have been carried out by sympathizers of the Somali … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mogadishu, Police, Somalia
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Somalia’s government has called for an end to the international arms embargo on the country so it can better fight the militant group al-Shabab. In a statement Monday, the government said al-Shabab’s union with al-Qaida, announced last week, will increase … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, East Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Al-Qaida’s decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support … read more »
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Tagged al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Mogadishu, Osama bin Laden, Shabab, Somalia
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Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch says it will kill the Western hostages it holds if European countries make an attempt to rescue them. The group, known as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), released a statement Thursday addressed to France, Britain, … read more »
Nigeria’s government says Islamic militants in northern states are linked to al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in the Sahel and in Somalia. Definitively proving that link has brought more international attention to Nigerian terrorism, but may be overshadowing its domestic causes. Nigeria’s State … read more »
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Tagged al-Qaida, Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, Monguno, Nigeria, Sahel, State Security Service, United States
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MOGADISHU, Somalia – The killing of an al-Qaida mastermind who planned the devastating bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa drew praise on Sunday from Kenyans and Somalis, while Somalia’s president showed documents linking the dead man to militants who … read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya – The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn’t immediately realize they had killed the most wanted … read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya – An explosion in a highly populated area of downtown Nairobi on Sunday killed one person and injured at least 29 people, and officials said an investigation is under way to determine if the blast was caused by … read more »
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—An American fighting for an al-Qaida linked militant group in wartorn Somalia is threatening to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. Omar Hammami, known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, or “the American,” said Wednesday that bin Laden’s death does … read more »
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The Libyan opposition denied there is any involvement of al-Qaida terrorists in the Libyan rebel forces. Commenting on the killing of leader of al-Qaida terrorist network Osama bin Laden, the opposition spokesman Abdelhafld Ghoga said “there is no al-Qaida in … read more »
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WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. A small team of Americans … read more »
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After two decades of civil war, Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, remains one of the world’s most dangerous cities. More than 100 people died in fighting just last week, according to officials. But every morning, hundreds of thousands of people wake up … read more »
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December 25, 2010 by benim
BAGHDAD — When police came hunting for a 19-year-old woman they believed had been recruited by al-Qaida to be a suicide bomber in a town north of Baghdad, they found she was already dead: Slain by her father, who told … read more »
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October 15, 2010 by benim
Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century. More than a million Algerians were killed in the fight for independence from France in 1962, and the country has recently emerged from a … read more »
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