Latest Breaking News On - Indonesia state intelligence agency - Page 2 : comparemela.com

Briefs One Year After the Death of  Abdelmalek Droukdel AQIM Falls into Obscurity Jacob Zenn Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been considered a stalwart affiliate of al-Qaeda since its predecessor organization, the Salafist Group for Preaching Combat (GSPC), pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda in 2006 (Terrorism Monitor, April 5, 2007). The GSPC leader who pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda, and therefore AQIM’s first leader, was Abdelmalek Droukdel. He led AQIM until his death in a U.S.-supported French operation in northern Mali last year (France24, June 25, 2007). Contrary to reports of Droukdel being uninvolved in operations, videos leaked by either the French or Algerian intelligence services showed that he had been meeting with the Sahel’s top jihadists, Iyad ag Ghali and Hamadou Kufa, in the months before his death (europe1.fr, February 2). Indeed, it was because of informants within the Sahelian jihadist ranks that Droukdel’s location was identified and he was subsequen

Indonesia generalPapua new guineaAbu ubaida yusuf al annabiHamadou kufaAbdelmalek droukdelJacob zennPutu danny karya nugrahaIrian jayaIndonesia state intelligence agencyGroup for support of islamSalafist group for preaching combatOne year afterIslamic maghrebSalafist groupPreaching combatTerrorism monitor