ALGIERS: Suspected Islamic rebels killed eight government soldiers when they ambushed a military convoy in western Algeria. In other attacks, seven rebels and five civilians were killed in renewed bloodshed as the North African country grapples with the aftermath of last month's quake that killed 2,274 people and caused up to $5.0 billion worth of damage.
| Like they need this crap after an earthquake... |
French-language newspaper Le Matin said rebels ambushed a military convoy, killing eight soldiers and wounding two others in Tissemsilt province. In a similar ambush, rebels killed the deputy mayor of a small town and a friend traveling with him on Thursday night in M'sila province. Three civilians were killed in a rebel raid also on Thursday night in el Madher area in Batna province. Eight members of Algeria's security forces have died and two were wounded in a hail of sub-machine gunfire and grenades by an armed Islamic extremist group. Assailants ambushed a military patrol on Wednesday near its base at El-Youssoufia. The Algerian army launched a major search operation following the attack. The deaths could not immediately be officially confirmed. They would bring to 20 the number of victims slain during violence in Algeria last Wednesday and Thursday, according to official sources and newspaper reports. Extremists cut the throats of three victims on Thursday near Batna. A serviceman was killed on Wednesday by attackers who had set up a false road checkpoint near the town of Lakhdaria. Algerian radio reported that security forces had Thursday killed six extremists in Bouira region south of Algiers.
| Maybe we should start an Algerian Korpse Kount... |
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