Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

LC control no.	no2012047921
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Qaïda fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islami Qaïda au Maghreb islamique Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique AQMI AQIM Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib Qāʻidah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī Qaʻida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb Al-Qaʻida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb Tanzim Qaedat bi-Bilad al-Maghrab al-Islami Tanzim al-Qaʻida fi bilad al-Maghreb al-Islamiya Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Qaʻida Organisation in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb Qaïda dans les pays du Maghreb islamique Al-Qaïda dans les pays du Maghreb islamique
Found in	La France et l'islamisme armé, 2011: p. 18 (Al Qaïda Fi Bilad Al Maghrib Al Islami (Al Qaïda au Maghreb Islamique - AQMI)) N.Y. Times, Apr. 3, 2012 (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) Council on Foreign Relations website, Apr. 2, 2012 (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Terrorist activity in North Africa has been reinvigorated in the last few years by a local Algerian Islamist group turned pan-Maghreb jihadi organization... A Sunni group that previously called itself the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), the organization has taken responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks in the region, declared its intention to attack Western targets, and sent a squad of jihadis to Iraq; claims to be the local franchise operation for al-Qaeda) Britannica online enc., Apr. 2, 2012: al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib (AQIM) (Arabic: al-Qāʻidah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī, original name (French; 1998-2007) Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC; "Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat"), Algeria-based Islamic militant group, active in North Africa and the Sahel region) National Counterterrorism Center website, Apr. 2, 2012 (Al-Qaʻida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb is an Algeria-based Sunni Muslim jihadist group that originally formed in 1998 as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), a faction of the Armed Islamic Group, which was the largest and most active terrorist group in Algeria. The GSPC was renamed in January 2007 after the group officially joined al-Qaʻida in September 2006) U.S. Dept. of State website, Apr. 2, 2012 (al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (formerly GSPC)) Public Safety Canada website, Apr. 2, 2012 (Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Also known as Tanzim Qaedat bi-Bilad al-Maghrab al-Islami, Tanzim al-Qaʻida fi bilad al-Maghreb al-Islamiya, The Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaʻida Organisation in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaʻida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaʻida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaïda dans les pays du Maghreb islamique, Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat; The GSPC officially merged with Al Qaida in September 2006, subsequently changing its name to Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and announcing the name change in January 2007) OCLC, Apr. 2, 2012 (hdgs.: Al-Qaida au Maghreb islamique; Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb)