Citation

Lounnas D. Maghreb - Machrek 2011; (208): 37-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011)

DOI

10.3917/machr.208.0037

PMID

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Abstract

In January 2007, the Algerian SGPC announced its allegiance to Al-Qaeda under the name of AQIM. From 2007 to 2009, AQIM launched a campaign of suicide bombings and hostage takings, following Al-Qaeda's modus operandi. In using Richard Scott model of complex organizations, we show, through a comparative analysis of Al-Qaeda cognitive, normative and regulative pillars with those of AQIM, that AQIM failed in its attempt to merge with Al-Qaeda. Indeed, despite its name, AQIM is still mainly an Algerian organization, just using Al-Qaeda as a label.

Language: en