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July 13, 2012

Al-Qaeda Tightens Its Grip on Africa

Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph

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Just when we think we have one network of al-Qaeda terrorists on the run, up pops another one to take its place and resume the relentless campaign of terror against the West and its allies.

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TAGGED: Somalia, Timbuktu, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaeda, Mali, Africa

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