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| Algeria: Guards opening fire on 'anyone' trying to cross Libyan border |
| 2011-04-21 |
| AKI) - Algerian authorities have ordered border guards to shoot at anyone tyring to cross the border with Libya, daily el-Khabar reports. Security is being stepped up to protect Algeria's southern borders after gunfights broke out at the weekend between two groups of suspected Al-Qaeda militants from Libya, the paper said. Algerian fighter jets are conducting sorties over Algeria's Sahara region, searching for suspected terrorists who in recent weeks have allegedly infiltrated the territory as they head for Libya from their bases in northern Mali. The Algerian army on Saturday killed seven militants suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda's north African branch in two separate operations in southern Algeria, according to el-Khabar. Three of the militants were shot dead as they tried to enter Libya, the daily said. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was responsible for three attacks in Algeria between last Friday and early Sunday in which 20 people died including five soldiers, according to media reports. The attacks were concentrated in the eastern part of the country. They followed an attack on 15 April by suspected Islamist insurgents that killed 13 Algerian soldiers in the country's northern Kabylie region, the deadliest ambush in months, according to a security source cited by media. |
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| #5 The Algerian army on Saturday killed seven militants suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda's north African branch in two separate operations in southern Algeria, according to el-Khabar. Good on em! That's seven more than were killed in my sector in all of last month. Of course, attending smiling Shuras, making nice with the murdering Afghan drug lords and crooked authorities (one in the same mind you) and setting the stage for "SUCCESS IN AFGHANISTAN - THE GOOD WAR" just before the election.... is far, far more important. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-21 22:04 |
| #4 Will we start an NFZ over Algeria now? Have they been threatening to switch their business from France to BRICK? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-21 14:44 |
| #3 These are some of the Libyans that NATO means to protect, no? Will we start an NFZ over Algeria now? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-04-21 14:25 |
| #2 Algerian fighter jets are conducting sorties over Algeria's Sahara region, searching for suspected terrorists Sounds like a job for drones. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-21 12:01 |
| #1 Interesting strategy for Texas. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-04-21 11:28 |