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title: "Al Qaeda-linked group finds fertile territory in Nigeria as killings escalate"
date: "2011-11-18"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2011/11/18/al-qaeda-linked-group-finds-fertile-territory-in-nigeria-as-killings-escalate/"
---

# Al Qaeda-linked group finds fertile territory in Nigeria as killings escalate