North Africa: Al-Qaeda Changes Tactics

Nouakchott — Faced with slain leaders, jailed commanders, and lack of organisation, desperate al-Qaeda affiliates are scrambling for a new strategy.

Last month, armed gunmen raided a prison on the outskirts of Benghazi, freeing more than 1,000 inmates. The same month, al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for storming the prisons of Abu Ghraib and Taji in Baghdad, ushering in the escape of hundreds of terrorists and causing Interpol to issue an international warning.

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