The North Africa Journal: Tag: qaeda


The Big Jelly Ball of Global Insecurity: Terrorism is now a Permanent Fixture
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Arezki Daoud and Alessandro Bruno on 17 January, 2010 08:55:00
 
The recent attempt by a young Nigerian man to down a US airliner brought back
the topic of terrorism on the front pages of newspapers around the world. While
the attempt failed given the fast reaction of passengers, as well as the poor
execution of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged terrorist, the impact has
been important; the visibility of Al-Qaeda and global terrorism has increased
considerably as a result. Although no one was harmed, Al-Qaeda managed a good
media coup whether it directly planned it or not. The would-be terrorist has
also prompted a lot of attention on Yemen, its poverty, mismanagement and
potential to become a new haven for international terrorism in a manner similar
to Afghanistan or even Somalia.