Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
The group's official name is Organization of al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb ("Qaedat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islami"), often shortened to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM, from French "al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique, AQMI"). Prior to January 2007 it was known as the "Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat" ( ') and the French acronym "GSPC" (').