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John Thorne
Bombings could herald new wave of violence in Algeria
A deadly and carefully planned series of bomb attacks in Algeria by an al-Qaeda affiliate may signal a new escalation in violence that many Algerians hoped had abated, experts…
Al-Qaeda threat rises in North Africa
Al-Qaeda’s influence is spreading into the cities and deserts of North Africa. Increasingly, Moroccans, Algerians and Tunisians who have known only poverty, corruption and police…
Morocco’s war against terror prompts charges of torture
When a fellow Moroccan asked Mohamed to drive him from Bilbao, Spain to Barcelona, Mohamed was happy to oblige. Two months later Mohamed was awakened by a heavy knock at his…