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Terror triumvirate: ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram training together in Mauritania: analyst
Fox News ^ | March 23, 2015 | Malia Zimmerman

Posted on 03/24/2015 11:22:17 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The world’s three most infamous terrorist organizations are working together at Al-Qaeda-run training camps in the Sahara Desert in Mauritania, where dozens of recruits from the U.S., Canada and Europe are being indoctrinated into violent jihad and training for attacks that could expand the so-called caliphate across North and West Africa, according to analysts.

ISIS, Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda all have links to two camps in the remote sands of the expansive North African country, according to Veryan Khan, editorial director for the Florida-based Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium, which tracks international terrorism and had a source on the ground in Mauritania. The sparsely populated Islamic Republic weathered Arab Spring demonstrations to remain stable, but shares a border with troubled Mali and is not far from Nigeria, where Boko Haram is based. […]

The camp’s leadership was emboldened by the recent release of five notorious terrorists, including the No. 3 man in Usama Bin Laden’s network, all of whom were imprisoned in the Nouakchott Central Prison in the Mauritanian capital, but released following a Jan. 24 prison riot in which two guards were taken hostage and threatened along with their family members with being executed. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 20150124; africa; alqaeda; bokoharam; isis; isisafrica; mali; mauritania; nigeria; northafrica; prisonriot; rop; sahara; terroristsinafrica

1 posted on 03/24/2015 11:22:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The Miami Heat of terrorism.


2 posted on 03/24/2015 11:24:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Olog-hai

Part of Obama’s job training program???


3 posted on 03/25/2015 12:08:07 AM PDT by teacherwoes (Alethephobia-fear of hearing the truth)
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To: teacherwoes

Shovel ready.


4 posted on 03/25/2015 1:12:23 AM PDT by exnavy (Islam is not a religion, it is an attack plan for war.)
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To: Olog-hai

Meanwhile the (formerly) most powerful country on Earth knowingly allows the savages to unite, expand and build up their forces.


5 posted on 03/25/2015 4:16:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Olog-hai

6 posted on 03/25/2015 5:00:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: I want the USA back

Training in the desert is the PERFECT place. They are bunched together, in an “open area” and an ideal spot to drop one rather large and effective “big one”. Problem is, WHO will drop it? Certainly not odumbo.


7 posted on 03/25/2015 5:03:49 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Olog-hai

Anybody out there STILL gonna complain that these “groups” are all separate and distinct entities—and that any “crimes” committed all over the world are caused by “lone wolves”?

AND poverty? Never forget the “poverty”.


8 posted on 03/25/2015 5:32:47 AM PDT by Flintlock (The 'soapbox ' failed us; the 'ballot box' was stolen. We are left with the bullet box.)
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To: Olog-hai

Why the HELL can’t a spy drone locate the camps and bomb them????? Oh, I forgot.....Obama doesn’t want to kill his MUSLIM FRIENDS!!!


9 posted on 03/25/2015 5:48:08 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Note: this topic is from 3/24/2015. Thanks Olog-hai.

10 posted on 06/04/2015 12:55:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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