Terrorist Group Dynamics Through the Lens of the Tigantourine Assault in Algeria
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https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.bwKeywords:
terrorism, counterterrorism, North AfricaAbstract
The Algerian terrorist assault in January 2013 that was carried out by Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his “Battalion of Blood” activists against a BP-Norwegian-Algerian-Japanese gas facility in In Amenas, Algeria, is worth considering as it provides a rare glimpse into several key dimensions of terrorist group dynamics that are important for scholars and counter- terrorism practitioners to understand.
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2013-07-29
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