Error in the Sahara?

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For over six months now, US pundits have been writing (without substantial evidence) that the Sahel is to become al Qaeda’s next Afghanistan. Articles such as this one are full of big claims about terror in Africa, but have nothing to show except two magical words: GSPC (Groupe Salafiste pour la Predication et Combat - a.k.a Salafist Group for preaching and combat, an Algerian terror group) and the Para (Amari Saïfi, a.k.a Abderezzak el Para). El Para’s GSPC cell became famous last after kiddnaping European tourists and obtaining a $6 million ransom from the German government to release them.
However, when The United States, Algeria and any other state chasing El Paris have the best opportunity to arrest him, they act as if they didn’t want him after all. Strange, isn’t it?
Moreover, we learn now from Mali’s president Toure that “For the last three or four […]

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June 9, 2004 | Filed Under Uncategorized

 

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