Al-Qaeda Branch’s Image Soars After Hostage Drama In Algeria -- Washington Post
A week of violence in Algeria and Mali has transformed al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch into a cause celebre for militant Islamists around the globe, boosting recruitment and fundraising for the jihadists and spurring fears of further terrorist attacks in the region and beyond.
Even after suffering tactical defeats in both countries in recent days, the movement known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is being lionized in Internet chat rooms and in official statements by extremist groups, some of which are urging reprisal campaigns against Western interests.
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My Comment: So .... I guess that it is only in an Al Qaeda chat room where all the Al Qaeda attackers are either killed or captured that such a defeat is treated as a great victory.
Go figure.
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