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14 Oct 2022, 4:33 am
As early as Dec. 26, 2020, Secret Service officials were sharing one tipster’s warnings about extremist groups coming to the Capitol with murderous plans. [read post]
3 Jul 2022, 7:01 am
Since 9/11, only five jihadi groups have been taken off the terrorism list, with two of these delistings happening just earlier this year: the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in October 2010, the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (MICG) in May 2013, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) in December 2015, and most recently the Egyptian Gama’a al-Islamiyya (GI) and the Palestinian Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin fi… [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 6:00 am
The group has launched suicide bombings and small arms attacks against Afghan security forces and civilians, including the August 2017 bombings in Kabul and the western city of Herat. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 9:34 pm
I noted that Belmokhtar had been part of the Algerian jihadist groups GIA and GSPC, that GSPC later affiliated with al Qaeda to become AQIM), and that Belmokhtar eventually led a splinter group away from AQIM but seemed to maintain his own ties directly to al Qaeda’s core leadership. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 9:34 pm
I noted that Belmokhtar had been part of the Algerian jihadist groups GIA and GSPC, that GSPC later affiliated with al Qaeda to become AQIM), and that Belmokhtar eventually led a splinter group away from AQIM but seemed to maintain his own ties directly to al Qaeda’s core leadership. [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 9:50 am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he confronted Vice President Joe Biden in New York last week about U.S. forces arming Kurdish groups in Kobane, and a government spokesman in Ankara said that Turkish forces would not participate in the Raqqa operation if Kurdish groups were also involved. [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 12:09 pm
While Sunni extremism has unified a broad coalition of groups—including Kurdish peshmerga, Iraqi armed forces, Shiite militias, and some moderate Sunni groups—analysts warn that deep-seated disagreements over the distribution of power, money, and territory have not been resolved. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 12:38 pm
” Despite serious gains made by Syrian Kurds in northern Syria in recent years, the PYD and the group’s military arm have been excluded from talks in Geneva as Turkey considers the group a terrorist organization. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 7:21 am
Between July and October 1995, members affiliated with the Algerian Groupe Armé Islamique (Armed Islamic Group, GIA) orchestrated a series of bombings in Paris and nearby cities, including several that were foiled by French services or failed to go off, killing 8 people and injuring over 200. [read post]
5 Dec 2015, 5:38 am
Reflecting on the Paris attacks and the wave of Islamic State attacks on global targets, Jen Williams looked at why experts failed to notice the globalization of the group’s strategy. [read post]
2 Dec 2015, 12:22 pm
” The Islamic State’s claim to statehood distinguish it from other competing militant groups and has long been a prominent feature in attracting recruits. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 1:14 pm
Following the assault Friday on Mali’s Radisson Blu Hotel which left at least 20 dead, the New York Times tells us that al Mourabitoun, “a jihadist group loyal to Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian operative for Al Qaeda," claimed responsibility for the attack. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 7:53 am
During the 1990s, the Algerian government directly negotiated with the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), offering amnesty and facilitating defections. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 12:30 pm
Cherif was arrested again in connection with a plot to free two well-known French-Algerian jihadists. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 6:00 am
On November 12th, the self-styled caliph of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, accepted the oath of the IYSC, urging Libyans (along with Algerians, Tunisians, and Moroccans) to “fight the secularists. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 11:48 am
The Associated Press reports on the Algerian forces mission to find the extremists responsible for Mr. [read post]
13 Jul 2014, 7:00 am
For example, the Algerian terrorist group once known as the “Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat” (GSPC) changed its name to “Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” (AQIM) when it was on the verge of annihilation by the Algerian state, thus enabling the group to branch out beyond the inhospitable environment of Algeria and revive its fortunes. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 7:00 am
Insurgents ambushed an Algerian military convoy and killed 14 soldiers; al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the attack. [read post]
16 Feb 2014, 7:00 am
The Algeria example is instructive: Al Qaeda’s relationship with the notorious Armed Islamic Group (GIA) also ended rancorously at a time (the 1990s) when Algeria was arguably the most promising possibility for an “Islamic” state, and it ended for strikingly similar reasons. [read post]
11 May 2013, 10:06 pm
While the group was expected to call for negotiations with movements in the Azawad region, it was also expected to continue with plans to get a 3,300 personnel intervention force together to invade the region.[13]Aftermath [edit]By 2 July, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, along with its allies, were reported to have mined the periphery of the city. [read post]
