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Robert Fowler - Former UN Special Representative to Niger

Robert Fowler - Former UN Special Representative to Niger

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Should events such as the brief Islamist takeover of northern Mali serve as a wakeup call?

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Robert Fowler, a senior Canadian diplomat, was held hostage for
five months by Al Qaeda in Niger in 2009. He says that since his
capture and release, terror attacks and events in the region,
such as the brief Islamist takeover of northern Mali, should
serve as a wake-up call of a jihadist danger.

He believes militants aim to set up a seven thousand kilometre
Islamic caliphate stretching from Mauritania to Somalia. Is he
scaremongering, or does he have a point?

(Image: Robert Fowler, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)