A situation where "Al Qaeda", which has lost a large number of his supporters, along with the growing influence of "Islamic state" raises concerns about the threat of large-scale attacks from the first, the magazine writes The Wall Street Journal.
On Friday, the "Al-Qaeda" has proved itself in the Islamic Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia - Ed. We are talking about the attack of militants on the Radisson Blu in Mali.
"Al-Qaeda" is now weakened, so they need to attack to remind himself to his followers, "- said the expert Hassan Abu Haniya. "They compete for the leadership of jihad throughout the world", - he stressed.
In addition, the terrorist group "Boko Haram" has joined the "Islamic state".
Now terrorist group feels upstaged due to the growing influence of the IG, the article says.
It should be noted that the responsibility for the attack on a hotel in Mali took over the radical Islamist group MLF (Massina Liberation Front). It was reported earlier that the responsibility for the attack has taken the oath of allegiance to the "Islamic State" terrorist group "Al-Murabitun".
November 20, a group of armed men seized a hotel in Bamako and holding hostage about 170 people. About the media version, the seizure carried out by representatives of the Islamist terrorist group. Terrorists are located on the seventh floor of the building.
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"The attacks were the latest in Paris and the most visible manifestation of this new approach," - suspected US intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Intercepted messages and other intelligence data show that this change of tactics proved last large-scale attack in Beirut and Ankara. At the same time the attacks were prepared directly on the orders of the leaders of the IG in Syria and Iraq, and is carried out by authorized local leaders.
At the same time, the goal of "Islamic state" has not changed: all the IG also wants to build a caliphate in Syria and Iraq. This attack on the "enemies of the West" in their territory is an indication that the strategy has gone beyond the previous frame.