Sunday, July 29, 2012

Al Qaeda's Africa cell is group's strongest, general says

While the United States' counterterror campaign against al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate has dominated the headlines in recent months, the group's Africa cell has quietly emerged as the groups strongest and best funded faction, according to a top U.S. general.
The combination of lucrative kidnapping-for-ransom operations, a steady flow of arms and recruits stemming from the Libya uprising and numerous failed attempts by U.S. regional allies dismantle al Qaeda's Africa cell — known as al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) — have led to the group's rise to power within the terror organization.


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