| [Maghrebia] An Algiers court on Sunday (January 23rd) sentenced Ahmed Allouat, 37, to one year in jail for sending internet threats on behalf of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to Algerian and foreign ministries, embassies and security services, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. In 2004, the Laghouat native sent e-mails to the US and Canadian embassies about impending terrorist attacks on their territories. In 2010, he sent e-mails with the AQIM logo to French, Italian, Canadian and Belgian security services, in which he claimed that North African and Afghan bully boyz were preparing imminent strikes. |