The Spread of Terror to Africa

How did Al Qaeda emerge in North Africa?

Algeria's ISLAMIC militants were finished. As recently as last summer, security officials thought they had subdued Islamic insurgents after nearly a decade of civil war. They were wrong. Nearly eight months ago, Algerian militants declared an alliance with Al Qaeda and have violently announced their resurgence with a wave of spectacular attacks. So far this year, at least 165 people have died in the ensuing political violence. The newly christened Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb presents a new challenge – and not just in North Africa. Staff writer Jill Carroll reports on the rise of this new-old group of jihadists.

And

...long before the official union was announced, Algeria's radical Islamists were building ties with Osama bin Laden's group, according to terrorist experts.

As a Peter Wehner recently wrote: The terrorists will not go gently into the night. They will take what they can get. The speed of our capitulation and loss of will is directly proportional to the gains fundamentalist Islamic fascists make around the world.