by Will McCants | Jan 18, 2013 | Monitor
To give some ideological context for the jihadi hostage-taking at the Algerian gas facility, readers might be interested in two jihadi documents on the permissibility and advisability of attacking oil installations. Such attacks are not universally popular in jihadi...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 18, 2013 | Monitor
A U.S. Air Force C-130 medical transport plane landed in Algeria on Friday morning to evacuate some of the hostages freed from their terrorist captors during a chaotic Algerian military operation.
by raffaellopantucci | Jan 17, 2013 | Monitor
An article for the website of my new employer, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), where I have been appointed a Senior Research Fellow. I just started and events in north Africa precipitated quite quickly resulting in the below article for the website, though...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 16, 2013 | Monitor
Unknown extremists have taken U.S. citizens hostages at an Algerian oil field, apparently in response to the U.S.-supported French offensive against Islamic militants in neighboring Mali.
by greenberg | Oct 27, 2012 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Religion
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Libyan consulate bombing has drifted into the twilight world of murder mystery and conspiracy theory, a talking point for American political pundits, and major source of frustration for leaders in the region. In Cairo a militant from Libya...
