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Publications

Black Watch Global experts published in external media outlets:

"AQIM's Expanding Internationalist Agenda," CTC Sentinel, v1 i5, April 2008.

"Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Projects Regional Force," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v5 i12, March 25, 2008.

"The Ideological Struggle Over al-Qaeda’s Suicide Tactics in Algeria," Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, v6 i3, February 7, 2008.

Andrew Black, "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Still a Threat After Algiers Attack," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i42, December 19, 2007.

Andrew Black, "Al-Qaeda, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Jihad in North Africa," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i39, November 27, 2007.

Black, "Recasting Jihad in the Maghreb," Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, v5 i20, October 25, 2007.

Andrew Black, "AQIM Employs Martyrdom Operations in Algieria," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i29, September 18, 2007.

Andrew Black (co-authored), "Jihad Online: The changing role of the internet," Jane's Intelligence Review, August 2007.

"Somalia's Mujahideen Youth Movement," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i19, June 19, 2007.

Lebanon, Another Waypoint for North Africans Headed to Iraq," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i17, June 5, 2007.

"Recruitment Drive: Can Somalia attract foreign fighters," Jane's Intelligence Review, June 2007.

Andrew Black, "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's Burgeoning Media Apparatus," Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i14, May 15, 2007.

Andrew Black, "Online Islamists Attempt to Recruit Fighters for the Somali Jihad,"Jamestown Terrorism Focus, v4 i5, March 13, 2007.

"The Reconstituted Maghrebi Threat," Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, v5 i2, February 1, 2007.

Fourth-generation warfare and the international jihad," Jane's Intelligence Review, October 2006.

"Al-Suri's Adaptation of Fourth Generation Warfare Doctrine," Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, v4 i18, September 21, 2006.

“The Importance of the Western Sahara to Maghrebi Security," Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, v4 i8, April 20, 2006.

Media Appearances

Black Watch Global experts in the media:

* November 27, 2008: Andrew Black is interviewed by The Globe & Mail about safeguarding business assets after Mumbai.

* November 6, 2008: Black Watch analyst speaks at a Jane's Information Group briefing on threats to the UK.

* August 20, 2008: Andrew Black is interviewed on France24 television about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

* December 12, 2007: Andrew Black appeared on the program Inside Story on al-Jazeera English discussing the recent bombings by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Algiers.

* June 24, 2007: Andrew Black is quoted by the Associated Press on Arab Militants in Afghanistan.

* June 13, 2007: Andrew Black addressed the International Terrorism & Intelligence (ITI) Conference in Washington, D.C., on terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa.

* June 2, 2007: Andrew Black is quoted in Newsday about Jama'at al-Muslimeed and the JFK Plot.

April 24, 2007: Andrew Black is quoted in the Financial Times on the emergence of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

* April 17, 2007: Andrew Black spoke at the Jamestown Foundation on the recent bombings in Algiers by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

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