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An image taken from a video by the official media outlet of Ansar Al-Sharia allegedly shows their militants during a battle in Benghazi. (AFP Photo/al-Raya Media Foundation/HO)


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A grab made on May 5, 2014 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau, center, delivering a speech in which he vowed to sell hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria three weeks ago (AFP Photo/Boko Haram)


Opinion: A New Outrage from a Familiar Threat

Opinion: A New Outrage from a Familiar Threat

Boko Haram, which means, “Western education is sinful,” is the name of the extremist group with an Al-Qaeda-inspired ideology which over the past few years has been actively involved in bombings, killings and abductions in Nigeria, which has the largest population and...
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Tunisian soldiers stand guard on June 11, 2013 in the Mount Chaambi region where the Tunisian army has been tracking militants the government says are veterans of the Islamist rebellion in northern Mali with links to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (AFP Photo/Abderrazek Khlifi)


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Protesters demonstrate to call for the departure of the Islamist-led ruling coalition, outside the Constituent Assembly headquarters in Tunis September 7, 2013. (REUTERS/ Anis Mili)


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A US Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California in this January 7, 2012 handout photo. (Reuters/US Air Force)