ISIS, Boko Haram and al-Qaeda training together in Mauritania
The three largest terrorist networks in the world are training
together in the deserts of Mauritania, claims a group that tracks
international terrorism worldwide.
According to FOX News,
Florida-based Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium's Editorial
Director Veryan Khan said that the terror groups al-Qaeda, Boko Haram
and the Islamic State are running training camps together in remote
areas of the African nation where they train jihadists coming from the
United States, Canada and some European nations.
Mauritania is close to Nigeria, where Boko
Haram has sustained an insurgency in the hopes of carving out an Islamic
caliphate similar to the Islamic State.
Khan further revealed to FOX News that its source within the camps
found at least 80 Caucascian trainees. The source said that the camps
are far from centres of population, and have complete facilities
including mosques and homes for the jihadist trainees. Signs in English
can also be found in the camps, which Khan believes is "unmistakable
evidence of Westerners' presence."
Khan said there is no other reason why these Westerners would be in Mauritania except to train for terrorism.
"This is not a travel destination," she said.
The TRAC chief said that Mauritania currently hosts the training
camps because it is of a lower profile than other Islamic republics like
Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
"The situation in Mauritania is a powder keg very few people are
talking about," Khan noted. "The fear of returning foreign fighters from
Syria and Iraq is high, but Mauritania-trained fighters are not even on
anyone's radar."
FOX News said that TRAC's source found evidence of ties between Boko Haram and ISIS in the training camps.
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State several weeks ago.
ISIS accepted the pledge and urged its believers to go to Nigeria to
assist the militant group, which is currently under pressure from a
five-nation multinational task force composed of soldiers from Nigeria,
Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin.
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