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The United States faces an important strategic question in northwest Af- rica: what level of activity by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) would constitute a sufficient threat to U.S. national security interests a more aggressive political, intelligence, military, and law enforcement AQIM already poses the greatest immediate threat of transnational terrorism in the region, and its operational range and sophistication continue to expand. Since 2007, the group has professed its loyalty to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda’s senior leadership and claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks in the subregion. These attacks have included the use of suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices, kidnapping operations, and assassinations.
Document Type
Policy Brief
Publication Date
7-2011
Publication
Strategic Forum
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
LeSage, Andre, "The Evolving Threat of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" (2011). Strategic Forums. 68.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/68