BBC report on a matter not captured here before:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8626306.stm
BBC report on a matter not captured here before:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8626306.stm
davidbfpo
BBC reports:Link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8633851.stmFour Saharan desert states are to open a joint command headquarters in Algeria to co-ordinate efforts to counter the growing regional threat from al-Qaeda. The Joint Military Staff Committee of Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger will be based in Tamanrasset (Algeria).
Now will AFRICOM have a relationship with this effort?
davidbfpo
An update on the situation in the Sahel, with the focal point being Mali, where the crime-terror links is reported as thriving - drugs and kidnapping - with AQIM cooperating with local tribes: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010..._r=1&ref=world
davidbfpo
For two (unread) papers on AQIM, hat tip to the website too:http://www.jihadica.com/new-aqim-reports/#comments
davidbfpo
After 2 unsuccessful operations in sahara by the mauritanian and french special forces to liberate the French hostage (78 years old with heart problems) at the Mali border, AQ in Magreb annonce his execution.
Otage d'Al-Qaïda: Nicolas Sarkozy confirme la mort de Michel Germaneau
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100726/...y-1be00ca.html
(sorry the link is in French but I believe you can find links in english)
Some are wondering if there is a change in French doctrine on hostage management. I believe there is a change of doctrine in the hostage taker (a change of nature) rather than a change of French doctrine.
AQ in Magreb has shown how courageous they are: they take hostage an old man with heart disease and treated him like ####.
But the problematic remains and is expending in this part of Africa.
From the BBC:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10765891
Opens with:Islamist militants in the Sahara Desert are exploiting differences between neighbouring countries to continue to roam around the lawless region unhindered.
The killing of French hostage Michel Germaneau by al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and the continued threat to other hostages still being held, has cast these differences into sharp relief.
davidbfpo
from what i've been reading and hearing Western Africa is the next global hot spot.
Blaise Campaore is a major figure in the drugs business. See:
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish...Perverse.shtml
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