Al Qaeda, IS, Boko Haram training collectively in Mauritania, warn analysts

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Last Updated : Mar 24 2015 | 1:13 PM IST

The world's three most infamous terrorist organizations Al Qaeda, Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram are training collectively in the Sahara Desert in Mauritania, according to analysts.

There are dozens of recruits from the U.S., Canada and Europe and they are being indoctrinated into violent jihad, reported Fox News.

Editorial director for the Florida-based Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) Veryan Khan suggested that Al-Qaeda, IS and Boko Haram have links to two camps in remote sands of North African country.

At least 80 trainees, recruits from the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe, including France, are believed to be training at the camps, according to a TRAC source who visited the camp and obtained documentation.

Khan said that it was not a training destination and the reason why so many people would be there from western countries is to train for terrorism.

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First Published: Mar 24 2015 | 1:01 PM IST

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