CIAO DATE: 03/2012

CTC Sentinel

A publication of:

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Volume: 5, Issue: 2

February 2012

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• The Merger of Al-Shabab and Qa'idat al-Jihad (PDF)

  Contents

  
  FEATURE ARTICLE
  1 The Merger of Al-Shabab and
  Qa`idat al-Jihad
  By Nelly Lahoud

  
  REPORTS
  5 A Profile of Los Zetas: Mexico's Second
  Most Powerful Drug Cartel
  By Samuel Logan
  8 Hizb Allah's Counterintelligence War
  By Benedetta Berti
  11 Afghanistan's Conflict Minerals:
  The Crime-State-Insurgent Nexus
  By Matthew DuPée
  14 The Complicated Relationship
  Between the Afghan and Pakistani
  Taliban
  By Daud Khattak
  16 Preventing Terrorism and Conflict in
  Libya: An Innovative Role for the
  United Nations?
  By Naureen Chowdhury Fink
  21 Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
  24 CTC Sentinel Staff & Contacts