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| North Africa |
| Algerian Islamic Front for Salvation dumps chairman... |
| 2002-08-07 |
| A source close to the Algerian Islamic front for Salvation said that the third conference for the front, which was held secretly last week in Belgium, had removed from its leadership the chairman of the executive committee abroad, Rabeh Kabeer, because of his stances in which he called for giving up "armed struggle" against the Algerian authorities. "He's not bloodthirsty enough for us, by Allah!" The Qatari al-Jazeera TV station announced that the Islamic front for salvation rejects violence taking place currently in Algeria "but it supports the principle of Jihad in situations of legitimate self defense." Ummm... That means? This is the first time in which the front announces condemnation of the acts of violence. A new executive commission will be elected "within 48 days" before the end of September and will chose a president for itself. Rabeh Kabeer was alienated from the Shoura council together with other officials, like the third man in the front Ahmad Zawi. Yeah. They get all squeamish when there's a few hundred slaughtered. Who needs them? The source said that the conference which was called upon for at the request of the front's chairman Abbasi Madani, who is in home arrest in Algeria, was held in Herstal, Liaj quarters and the conference included representatives for the front "from inside" and the outside also from Europe, America and Asia with the absence of Kabeer, his partisans and Ahmad Zawi and with the aims of enabling activists inside and outside Algeria from following up the events of the conference and voting, the participants used the Internet web. It's easier to dump them when they're not there. That way you stand less chance of getting shot. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |