http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369894
Kathryn Haahr-escolano
"Italy has evolved from a logistics base for Islamic militants to a de facto base of operations for Algeria's Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) targeting Italy, other European countries and the United States. While the GSPC continues to engage in and support terrorist operations in Algeria, the group's emphasis on 'out-of-Algeria' terrorist operations has made it the largest, most cohesive and dangerous terrorist organization in the al-Qaeda orbit"
