CIAO DATE: 06/2014
Volume: 7, Issue: 4
April 2014
Guns, Money and Prayers: AQIM's Blueprint for Securing Control of Northern Mali (PDF)
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE 1 Guns, Money and Prayers: AQIM’s Blueprint for Securing Control of Northern Mali By Morten Bøås REpoRTs 6 AQIM’s Threat to Western Interests in the Sahel By samuel L. Aronson 10 The Saudi Foreign Fighter Presence in Syria By Aaron Y. Zelin 14 Mexico’s Vigilante Militias Rout the Knights Templar Drug Cartel By Ioan Grillo 18 Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, and Civilian Self-Defense in Peru By steven T. Zech 23 Maritime Piracy on the Rise in West Africa By stephen starr 26 Recent Highlights in Political Violence 28 CTC Sentinel Staff & Contacts