An edition of North Africa's menace (2013)

North Africa's menace

AQIM's evolution and the U.S. policy response

North Africa's menace
Christopher Chivvis, Christoph ...
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An edition of North Africa's menace (2013)

North Africa's menace

AQIM's evolution and the U.S. policy response

Since the 9/11 attacks, America's understanding of Al Qaeda has evolved along with the organization itself. In recent years attention to Al Qaeda's so called "affiliates" in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and most recently Syria has overtaken concern about Al Qaeda's core in Pakistan. The North African terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is one such affiliate. Many Americans first became familiar with AQIM when media reports linked it loosely to the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12 that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. The horrific hostage crisis at an Algerian gas facility in January 2013, which was far more closely linked to the group, further increased concern about the threat it posed and played into anxieties about what many viewed as a resurgent Al Qaeda threat. This assessment of the threat from AQIM is based on an analysis of available open-source documentation. The authors find that although AQIM is a serious regional problem, its similarity to the Al Qaeda of Osama Bin Laden should not be exaggerated, as AQIM does not currently seem bent on global jihad. In most situations, the wisest policy responses to the AQIM threat will focus on supporting local actors and U.S. allies in Europe.

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RAND Corporation
Language
English
Pages
19

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Table of Contents

AQIM's roots, capabilities, and targets
A marriage of convenience with Al Qaeda
The regional militant ecology
AQIM relations with other extremist groups in North Africa
Will AQIM overstretch?
An amorphous, evolving, and primarily regional threat
A policy mix to keep local disputes local

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-19).

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Series
Rand Corporation research report series -- RR-415-OSD, Research report (Rand Corporation) -- RR-415-OSD
Other Titles
AQIM's evolution and the US policy response, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's evolution and the United States policy response
Copyright Date
2013

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19 pages
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19

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OL55107534M
OCLC/WorldCat
859539682

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