| More on this report from yesterday. |
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
West Africa Province (ISWAP) located near Lake Chad affiliated with the terrorist organization the Islamic State (ISIS), has begun to arrange its ranks. It noted that it recently received hundreds of elements affiliated with the organization coming from Libya with the aim of carrying out attacks inside the continent.
In a report, ISS confirmed that the organization is now planning to carry out attacks in the the African Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
. ISS explained that the organization will receive support (equipment and combatants) from Libya, in order to expand in the region. This expansion could endanger the lives of millions of Africans.
| That’s the new bit. |
It added that some deserters were unhappy with the 2016 Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...split that created ISWAP and Jema’ah Ansharusy Syariah (JAS), while others wanted to join ISIS in Libya. Their return could boost ISWAP’s ranks and combat experience, as shown by their role in the May Sambisa attack.
According to ISS research, 130 or more former fighters rejoined ISWAP after returning from Libya in three groups between April and June. At least 70 more are expected to return in the near future.
Sources say the combatants use the Libya-Algeria-Mali-Niger-Nigeria route favoured by ISIS and ISWAP rather than the direct Libya-Niger-Nigeria passage. With its long stretch of desert, the latter is more difficult to navigate, with frequent reports of travellers dying of hunger and thirst. The route is also used by human traffickers and therefore has stricter security checks.
Related:
Institute for Security Studies: 2021-08-08 West Africa: Islamic State's Determined Expansion Into Lake Chad Basin
Institute for Security Studies: 2021-04-18 West Africa: Sahel Counter-Terrorism Takes a Heavy Toll On Civilians
Institute for Security Studies: 2016-03-30 Shaboobs fund attacks by smuggling gold
Institute for Security Studies: 2021-08-08 West Africa: Islamic State's Determined Expansion Into Lake Chad Basin
Institute for Security Studies: 2021-04-18 West Africa: Sahel Counter-Terrorism Takes a Heavy Toll On Civilians
Institute for Security Studies: 2016-03-30 Shaboobs fund attacks by smuggling gold
