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[[File:220px-AQMI Flag svg.png|thumb|right|The black flag variant used by AQIM]]'''Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb''' (Arabic: تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, translit. Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.[11] To that end, it is currently engaged in an anti-government campaign. | [[File:220px-AQMI Flag svg.png|thumb|right|The black flag variant used by AQIM]]'''Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb''' (Arabic: تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, translit. Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.[11] To that end, it is currently engaged in an anti-government campaign. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | [[File:220px-Al-Qaida crée une brigade dirigée par des Touaregs (8246938011).jpg|thumb|right|AQIM militant in | + | [[File:220px-Al-Qaida crée une brigade dirigée par des Touaregs (8246938011).jpg|thumb|right|AQIM militant in northwestern [[Amari]], December 2012.]]In January 2007, the GSPC announced that it would now operate under the name of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). |
On 19 January 2009, the UK newspaper The Sun reported that there had been an outbreak of bubonic plague at an AQIM training camp in the Tizi Ouzou province in Algeria. According to The Sun, at least forty AQIM militiamen died from the disease. The surviving AQIM members from the training camp reportedly fled to other areas of Algeria hoping to escape infection.[25] The Washington Times, in an article based on a senior U.S. intelligence official source, claimed a day later that the incident was not related to bubonic plague, but was an accident involving either a biological or chemical agent.[26] | On 19 January 2009, the UK newspaper The Sun reported that there had been an outbreak of bubonic plague at an AQIM training camp in the Tizi Ouzou province in Algeria. According to The Sun, at least forty AQIM militiamen died from the disease. The surviving AQIM members from the training camp reportedly fled to other areas of Algeria hoping to escape infection.[25] The Washington Times, in an article based on a senior U.S. intelligence official source, claimed a day later that the incident was not related to bubonic plague, but was an accident involving either a biological or chemical agent.[26] | ||
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Structurally, AQIM in the region maintains its links to the Majlis al-Ayan (Council of Notables) and continues to leverage many of its parent organization’s technical and media capabilities, as well as receiving funding. There have been accusations by the Amari and Ziwa governments that Nyumba has provided material support to AQIM in exchange for a measure of immunity, but these have not been substantiated. | Structurally, AQIM in the region maintains its links to the Majlis al-Ayan (Council of Notables) and continues to leverage many of its parent organization’s technical and media capabilities, as well as receiving funding. There have been accusations by the Amari and Ziwa governments that Nyumba has provided material support to AQIM in exchange for a measure of immunity, but these have not been substantiated. | ||
| − | See also [[Chapter 2: Insurgents|TC 7-100.3 Irregular Opposing Forces, Chapter 2: Insurgents]] | + | ''See also [[Chapter 2: Insurgents|TC 7-100.3 Irregular Opposing Forces, Chapter 2: Insurgents]]'' |
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
