"Al Qaeda Is A Threat To Europe": Head Of German Intelligence -- This Is What I Call Stating The Obvious

Al Qaeda in North Africa has been responsible for numerous bombings in Algeria (Photo from Deutsche-Welle)

German Intelligence Chief: African Al Qaeda a Threat to Europe -- Deutsche-Welle

A North African terrorist ring with deep connections to al Qaeda could pose a threat to Western Europe, the head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) said.

Ernst Uhrlau said al Qaeda in Islamic North Africa was attempting to expand its sphere of influence beyond its established power base in Algeria.

Al Qaeda in Islamic North Africa, which is also known as the Al Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb, claimed responsibility for attacks last December in Algiers, targeting the UN headquarters there and the Algerian Constitutional Court. The bombings killed at least 70 people.

The terror group has also been at the heart of a string of attacks this year, including a strike east of Algiers on Sept. 28 which killed three people and wounded six others.

But Uhrlau said similar incursions in the future may not necessarily be contained to within North Africa.

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