Another "no man's land" becomes a terrorist haven

Tracking Down Jihadists in the Sahara:
"Armed bands travel around in the Sahel scoffing at the Algerian, Malian, Mauritanian, or Nigerian borders. The Jihadis, who allegedly number around 100, belong to the Salafi Group for Call and Combat, a guerrilla movement that came out of Algeria's Islamist insurrection of the 1990s. They joined Bin-Ladin's movement after their failed attempt to overthrow the Algerian regime by armed force. They recently took on the name of Al-Qa'idah in the [Lands of the Islamic] Maghreb to clearly show their determination to spread jihad throughout north Africa."

We are used to hearing of terrorist sanctuaries in Waziristan, even in the region of South America where the jungles of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina meet. Now the focus seems ready to shift to the north African desert.