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Between the Near and the Far Enemy: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

In late January 2007, the Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat, GSPC) announced that it had changed its name to ’al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’ (Qaedat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islami). Shortly afterwards, the new organization proved that this was not merely a change in name, but the beginning of a new offensive in Algeria: On 11 April 2007, the group detonated two car bombs, ..