Some 50 people were killed Dec 11 in the Algerian capital, Algiers, in two nearly simultaneous suicide bombings — one at the Constitutional Court and one near a police station and U.N. offices in a district housing the offices of Western companies. The bombs reportedly went off about 10 minutes apart. Despite the recent arrests, killings, surrenders and factionalization of jihadists, al Qaeda's North African node is demonstrating that it is not out of commission. The jihadists want to strike the country's energy-related facilities, but they have not been successful. By attacking Western facilities, the jihadists are trying to hit at the energy industry indirectly by scaring away Western investments. The coming exodus of jihadists from Iraq in the wake of an emerging U.S.-Iranian deal likely will provide the Algeria-based wing of the global jihadist network with additional skilled manpower, rendering the country and the region a key theater of jihadist activity for quite some time to come.