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Algeria says suspect held with 800 kg explosives | |
2007-11-20 | |
Algerian security forces arrested a senior member of an Islamist armed group and seized 800 kg (1,765 lbs) of explosives, the official news agency APS reported on Monday. Bouderbala Fateh, the head of the Algiers section of the al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, was arrested along with two accomplices in a raid after a tip-off from local people, the agency said, quoting a security source.
Bouderbala, also known by the nom de guerre Abdelfatah Abou Bassir, had belonged to several armed groups over the past 14 years including the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb grew out of the GSPC in January after winning approval from Osama bin Laden to rename itself an al Qaeda affiliate. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 The Sultan drove by in his red breasted fly, Expecting the victor to cheer, But he only drew by, to hear the last sigh, Of Abdel(fatah) Aboul-bul Basseer (pbuh) (panties be upon him) |
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2007-11-20 08:55 |
#1 A guy named Fatah carrying 'splosives? Surely you jest. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-11-20 01:37 |