Terrorist Organizations in North Africa: The Evolving Threat to Global Security

Al Qaeda and other terror groups have long enjoyed the use of nations like Afghanistan to train for and launch attacks because of the large ungoverned spaces and the ability to disappear among the populations. Because of the push by coalition forces, however, terror groups have had to relocate, and have found a new home in the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa where they have established new training camps, and use these areas to launch attacks on Western Europe and the United States. In order to prevent future terrorist attacks, the United States and her allies must recognize the growing threat in the region and work to eliminate the causes or radicalism within the local populations as well as the terror groups themselves.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Defense and Strategic Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Defense and Strategic Studies

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Bossu, Jimmy Alexander

Contributors dc:contributor

• Keith Payne

• Maghreb
• al Qaeda
• ungoverned spaces
• Horn of Africa
• terrorism
• radicalism
• al Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb
• al Shabaab
• counterterrorism
• Defense and Security Studies

Statement dc:rights

• © Jimmy Alexander Bossu

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1479

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-2480