CT Blog Algeria Press Conference on Thursday, December 20
By Andrew Cochran
Walid Phares, Olivier Guitta, and I will hold a public press conference on the December 11 Algeria bombings and the implications for Europe and elsewhere. The press conference will be on Thursday, December 20, at 2 pm ET at room 2200 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Olivier has been among the most prolific and acute experts on the development of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, posting almost two years ago on the then-desired merger of GSPC and Al Qaeda. You can read his posts about Algeria on his archive page. Walid posted immediately after the bombings and will place the activities of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in the context of the ongoing jihadists' war against the West. I will summarize other CT Blog posts by Evan Kohlmann (see his latest), Douglas Farah (see today's post), and others, as well as counter-terrorist financing efforts aimed at AQIM. Members of Congress might participate, depending on their availabililty.