[MAGHAREBIA] Under siege from government troops in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, a renegade general in Libya, and multi-national forces in Mali, snuffies in the Maghreb and Sahel are pinning their hopes on tech talents.Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, with the Libyan and Tunisian versions currently most active...
in Libya, Mokhtar Belmokhtar's fighters in Mali and al-Qaeda's Sahel branch have different goals but the same approach to fleshing out their ranks: using videos, websites and media statements to attract attention and recruits.