The Deteriorating Panorama in Africa and the World
By Douglas Farah
As Islamists continue their offensive in Somalia, there are several other key indicators that the violent wahhabist movement across Africa is growing.
The deteriorating situation in Somalia and Africa is symptomatic of other setbacks in fighting the Islamists on numerous fronts. Taken together, the recent developments of 2007 show that:
1) Neither Sunni nor Shi'ite terrorist networks are suffering from any shortage of funds or recruits, but rather seem awash in resources,
2) the increased decentralization of al Qaeda-related groups is a strategy that is paying off well for the salafist movements, which are slowly establishing viable networks in areas where not long ago they had none, and
3) that Islamists have begun a well-financed and sophisticated propaganda offensive, coupled with a political strategy of appearing to soften on some issues (i.e. Sudan) aimed at presenting a negotiating partner(s) to the West in an effort to forestall decisive action. So far it has been remarkably successful. My full blog is here.
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