Backgrounder: MEND has gained global notoriety by disrupting oil supplies in the Niger Delta.

With suicide attacks up and the growing use of chlorine bombs, al-Qaeda in Iraq looks increasingly emboldened. But reports are surfacing of rifts among its factions.

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