Al Qaeda's Kill List for Africa - Spying is Lying and for the Wrong Reasons Dying

Case: terror reaches Africa

Although not often recognized, Africa is a key continent for The Al Qaida terror network. We have observed several terror attacks in African countries as well as religious related and inspired conflicts. Africa is a large center of 'recruitment' for the Al Qaida terror network and terror acts toward the west are increasingly planned from Africa. Al Qaeda's 'mission statement', to establish an Islamic caliphate reaching from Morocco to Afghanistan, crosses a large part of the African continent.

Several African regimes have been chosen as a prime target for the Al Qaida network. Vulnerable countries are: Egypt (Suez channel and tourism), Morocco (due to the current regime), Algeria (foreign investors in gas), Tunis, South Africa and further all western (predominantly USA) embassies, UN aid organizations and NGO's.

Al Qaeda High Profile Attacks

The threat of an attack by multiple gunmen on a location packed with civilians remains the second biggest fears of counter terrorism chiefs. The ambition of violent Islamist's to stage a Mumbai-style atrocity is undiminished.

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Multi cells, for specific targets in Africa

Increasingly Al Qaida aims its counter intelligence operatives in Africa in subversion of the West. It's not unusual for Al Qaeda to launch diversions. For specific targets it uses a "multi cells, one target approach" to mislead detection and force opponents to cast a wide net.

Targeted countries were timely alerted based on specific information about cells of fighters on the move. For example - Special military units in Senegal and Mali have in the past(!!) years received high value intelligence from inside Al Qaeda that enabled them to disrupt this type of multi cells terror threats.

The lists enable al Qaeda to differentiate targets meticulously precise by intelligence service, for example French, Belgian, German, British or American.

- U.S. consulate in Benghazi

- Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli

- Safe house in Bamako

- Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako

- Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou

- Etoile du Sud hotel, Coral Beach in Ivory Coast

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287 primary targets are on the Africa lists

December, 2015 - an Anti Money Laundering and risk assessment operation in the Maghreb, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. Discovering imminent threats to West Africa as a prime target for the Al Qaeda network, reason for a 30-days Ultrascan Humint terror alert.

"Intercepted encrypted messages between members of the Al Qaida network mentioning the premises of NGO's in West Africa as well as their affiliates and personnel as a possible target"

January, 2016 - Ongoing HUMINT and analysis, regarding the above mentioned terror alert, yielded that the targets are international NGO's and suspicion about possible Mumbai style operations scenario's in West Africa.

- Ongoing Humint; whispers of terror cells from Al Qaeda launched and on the move in Mauritania, Guinea and Burkina Faso.

- Revealed tradecraft, was sufficient reason to initiate a low level of monitoring, collecting phone numbers, IMEI's, IMSI's, locations, time and duration of the calls.

Monitored and plotted communications of three groups show separate patterns in Guinea and Burkina Faso, one group moves towards a border-crossing with Cote d'Ivoire. Reason to launch a tactical team to intercept if/when suspects cross the border, identify and disrupt.

"Intercepted messages between members of the al Qaeda network mentioning elements of the coordination for a high profile terror attacks"