Kidnappings as a terrorist instrument of AQIM and the MUJAO
This article updates to the Spring of 2013 the kidnappings implemented by a number of Salafist-Jihadist groups acting in the Maghreb, the Sahel, and Nigeria, providing analysis. Since then, a number of hostages have been released and other foreigners have been kidnapped, but the key-issues defining...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Cádiz
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Paix et Sécurité Internationales |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/paetsei/article/view/4824 |
| Summary: | This article updates to the Spring of 2013 the kidnappings implemented by a number of Salafist-Jihadist groups acting in the Maghreb, the Sahel, and Nigeria, providing analysis. Since then, a number of hostages have been released and other foreigners have been kidnapped, but the key-issues defining the terrorist groups’ strategies remain. The threat is always there, and their most negative consequences (payment of ransoms and release of Jihadist-Salafist prisoners, among others) do remain as well. |
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| ISSN: | 2341-0868 |