A spreading threat.

OPERATION Serval, 2013-2014; MILITARY assistance; AL Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (Organization); FOWLER, Robert R., 1944-; ISLAMIC fundamentalists; UNITED Nations; POLITICAL participation

The article discusses French foreign intervention in Mali in 2013 and the attempts to fight the terrorist organization al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Topics include diplomat Robert Fowler's discussion of the dedication of the mujahedeen's dedication to the spread of Islam throughout Northern Africa, a discussion of whether Western governments like the U.S. and Canada should join the French campaign, and what the United Nations (UN) is doing to support the conflict.