Al Qaeda turns to hostage taking across Africa to raise revenue
On March 31, 2012 · In Al Qaeda, Algeria, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Nigeria, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Tunisia
After years of limiting its kidnap operations to Mali, Niger, Mauritania, and occasionally Algeria and southern Tunisia, it would seem that al-Qaeda, through its Maghreb branch al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is currently attempting to expand its profitable “kidnapping trade” to other countries to locate new sources of funding. According to Algerian authorities, kidnapping [...]
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