Publication

This issue of the CTC Sentinel includes articles on: 1) Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) blueprint for securing control of northern Mali; 2) AQIM’s threat to western interests in the Sahel; 3) the presence of Saudi foreign fighters in Syria; 4) the defeat of the Knights Templar drug cartel by Mexican vigilante militia; 5) drug trafficking, terrorism and civilian self-defense in Peru; and 6) the rise of maritime piracy in West Africa.