A real network of terror?

摘要

Two years ago a ruthless Algerian terrorist outfit, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, better known by its French abbreviation, gspc, announced it was joining al-Qaeda. Since then, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (aqim), as the group is now known in counter-terrorism circles, has stepped up a bombing campaign in Algeria and claimed responsibility for operations in several other North African countries. Last month the Moroccan government said it had broken up a terrorist cell with links to the group, while Algeria has toughened its security measures since more than 70 people were killed in attacks by aqim in the last two weeks of August.