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How serious is Al-Qaeda?

Two national security threats were enough for the Egyptian government to beef up security measures in the country over the last five days. The first came from Iraq as a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda led a deadly attack on a Catholic church Sunday in Baghdad that killed 58 people and wounded nearly 80.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq, named "the Islamic State of Iraq", claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet message and tied it to claims that the Coptic Church in Egypt is holding two women who have converted to Islam. mehr...

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Algerian civilians 'to be armed'

A number of Saharan countries are worried about militants from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

The Algerian government has announced it will arm residents of remote areas to help them fight Islamist militants.

Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the decision was made by the defence minister but would be carried out by his ministry.

He said civilians in some areas had asked for weapons "to fight terrorism".

Quelle: http://www.silobreaker.com und BBC

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Egypt puts Algeria in black list in the name of fighting Al Qaeda

Egyptian authorities put Algeria along with five Arab countries in a black list, saying Egypt believes that some of Algerian citizens have something to do with Al Qaeda. mehr...

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Mali and Mauritania to cooperate on Sahara patrols
08.11.2010 - Reuters

BAMAKO - Mali and Mauritania have launched joint military patrols in northern Mali to try to overcome difficulties in tackling al Qaeda-linked fighters and other crime on both sides of their desert border. Drug trafficking and other crime, much of it blamed on Islamist groups, have been increasing in remote Saharan zones where the authorities hold little sway. "We are carrying out the mixed patrols so we can intervene on either side of the border," a senior Malian military officer told Reuters on Monday ... mehr

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Neueste Informationen zur Situation im Sahel von Maurice Freund, Direktor von Point Afrique, mitgeteilt im Newsletter vom 09.11.2010:

http://www.point-afrique.com/newsletter ... er040.html

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Five Mauritanian terrorists surrender in Mali

Five young members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) surrendered to Mauritanian soldiers Thursday (November 11th) in northern Mali, AFP reported. The Mauritanian nationals fled a Mali AQIM camp to benefit from new amnesty measures endorsed by the Nouakchott anti-terror policy forum. Earlier in November, Mauritania declined to press charges against another young Mauritanian who fled a terrorist training camp in Mali and surrendered in Timbedra.

Quelle: Magharebia

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Algeria seeks to halt Sahel tourism decline

The Saharan tourism industry fears that foreigners will abandon Algeria due to the worsening security situation at the country's borders. Business leaders are concerned that kidnappings will negatively impact the tourism sector and they are asking the government to take action. mehr...

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Hallo, Saharafreunde: diese Woche hat die "Badische Zeitung" - ein eigentlich solides Blatt - einen Bericht veröffentlicht, nachdem in Layoune schwere Ausschreitung von Sahouris sein sollen, mit mehreren Toten. Die Stadt selbst sei gesperrt. Ich habe die Botschaft in Berlin angerufen, dort weiss man von nichts, Marokko und die Westsahara seinen frei befahrbar.
Hat jemand Info's, wir wollen demnächst dorthin startten?
Danke, Pegatu

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Hallo Pegatu,

ja, es gab Ausschreitungen dort.
Details dazu findest du in diesem Thread

West-Sahara-Konflikt / Marokko - Polisario

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Al Qaeda Training in Sahara for New Attacks
17.11.2010 - CBN

From Pakistan to Iraq to Yemen, the U.S. has turned up the heat on al Qaeda. The pressure has led the terror group to seek out new safe havens. They've found one in a remote area of the Sahara Desert known as the Islamic Maghreb. "The Sahara could be the next Afghanistan," terrorism expert Richard Miniter told CBN News. "A wide open desert; a series of failed states with very weak militaries. It's the perfect breeding ground for al Qaeda." ... mehr mit Video

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Special Reports
Rifts curb North Africa's war on al-Qaida
17.11.2010 - UPI

RABAT -- As North African states grapple with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, old rivalries are undermining efforts to mount a concerted regional offensive against the increasingly active jihadists. In particular, the rift between Algeria, the region's military heavyweight which sees itself as the natural leader of North Africa, and Morocco is widening ... mehr

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Sahara: AQIM deserters in the hands of the Mauritanian army
22.11.2010 - Ennahar

Thirty young Mauritanian members of al-Qaeda in the Sahel were in the hands of the army on Monday assured sources in the region, while Nouakchott encourage desertions from the ranks of the organization responsible for kidnapping foreigners, including five French. The flight of these young fighters since the beginning of the month, outside the camps in the Sahara desert of Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was announced Sunday by military and independent sources, in northern Mali and in Nouakchott ... mehr

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Terrorists use summer camps to brainwash children in Algeria

Terror supporters exploited summer camps to sow « Jihad ideas » in children’s minds by teaching them Jihad songs and lessons, according to a legal document. mehr...

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A police officer among the planners of attacks against the military in Bouira

According to credible sources, one of the defendants in the case of planned attacks against the military sector in Bouira two years ago, was a police officer who was charged with gathering information and coordinating between terrorist groups and their Chief “Abdelmoumen B.” mehr...

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