JNN 09 Oct 2013 Gao : Last year, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb did something no other modern terrorist group has: conquered a broad swath of a sovereign country—Mali. Since then, despite French intervention, northern Mali has become a jihadist front, with Islamist militants flowing in from around the world. While America remains focused on threats from the Middle East and South Asia, the new face of terror is likely to be African. Continue reading
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Wahabi Extremist Group Ansar e Deen Destroys Another Sufi Saint Shrine in Timbuktu , Africa
JNN 02 Oct 2012 Timbuktu : Members of the Ansar e Deen extremist group have destroyed another shrine of a Sufi Muslim saint in a northern Mali region under their control, witnesses say.Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali attacks tombs of Sufi saints just days after sites put on UNESCO endangered list. Continue reading
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