North Africa's Menace AQIM's Evolution and the U.S. Policy Response

• Main Author: Chivvis, Christopher S. (auth)
• Other Authors: Liepman, Andrew (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: African history; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report assesses the threat from the North African terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM is a serious regional problem, but its similarity to the Al Qaeda of Osama Bin Laden should not be exaggerated. AQIM does not currently seem bent on global jihad. In most situat...