Terrorist Group Dynamics Through the Lens of the Tigantourine Assault in Algeria

Richard J. Chasdi

doi:10.5334/sta.bw

Terrorist Group Dynamics Through the Lens of the Tigantourine Assault in Algeria

Stability: International Journal of Security and Development

Volume 2 (2013): Issue 2

By: Richard J. Chasdi

Open Access

|Jul 2013

Abstract

The Algerian terrorist assault in January 2013 that was carried out by Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his “Battalion of Blood” activists against a BP-Norwegian-Algerian-Japanese gas facility in In Amenas, Algeria, is worth considering as it provides a rare glimpse into several key dimensions of terrorist group dynamics that are important for scholars and counter- terrorism practitioners to understand.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.bw | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627

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Language: English

Published on: Jul 29, 2013

Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford

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Keywords:

terrorism,

counterterrorism,

North Africa

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