Posted on Mar 11, 2020
Efforts to combat violent extremist groups in Sahel region are ‘not getting the job done,’ says...
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For anyone interested, the senior intelligence analyst at Special Operations Command Africa wrote a great piece on this and why we should pay attention to Al Qaeda in the Sahel. This was published to USMA's Counter Terrorism Center Sentinel publication.
https://ctc.usma.edu/revisiting-mali-al-qaida-playbook-group-advancing-goals-sahel/
https://ctc.usma.edu/revisiting-mali-al-qaida-playbook-group-advancing-goals-sahel/
Revisiting the Mali al-Qa`ida Playbook: How the Group is Advancing on its Goals in the Sahel –...
Abstract:In 2012, al-Qa`ida-affiliated militants from North Africa and the Sahel joined regional armed groups in the Tuareg rebellions in northern Mali. The goal was to create an Islamic state and combine regional grievances with broader al-Qa`ida strategic ambitions. In 2013, journalists uncovered an al-Qa`ida ‘playbook’ for Mali, which provided insight into al-Qa`ida’s goals for the … Continued
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The extremist threat in the Sahel is poised to expand further- absent effective mitigation strategies, this will get a lot worse before it gets better. Time to brush off my copy of The Looming Tower..
-SSG Mullet
-SSG Mullet
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