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Mapping Al Qaeda Inwards Due West Africa


The Long War Journal has mapped over 100 Al Qaeda attacks inwards West Africa. So far this twelvemonth over 100 terrorist attacks accept been attributed to Al Qaeda inwards West Africa. The Long War Journal - Al Qaeda Map documents the locations of these terrorist attacks inwards the region.

The map uses color-coded categorized markers to dot the twelvemonth each assault took house too the type of terrorist assault carried out. The colors dot the twelvemonth of each assault too the icons demo whether each assault was a rocket, IED, suicide bombing or other type of terrorist attack.

The bulk of Al Qaeda attacks inwards the portion over this menstruum accept been inwards Mali. The Long War Journal suggests that this is inwards reply to the intervention of French Republic inwards northern Mali. Despite France's success inwards ousting Jihadists inwards northern Mali, Al Qaeda has responded past times intensifying its terrorist campaign.