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| Africa: North |
| Algeria captures Sahara terrorists |
| 2003-09-23 |
| Preliminary report; hopefully more info later... ALGIERS - Algerian troops have captured a group of terrorists believed to be responsible for the kidnap of 32 western tourists in the Sahara desert earlier this year, newspaper reports said Tuesday.The 50 members of the GSPC terrorist group were hiding in a mountainous region about 300 kilometres east of Algiers. The army is reported to have killed 15 of the terrorists during the operation and seized a considerable haul of weapons. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 TU3031 Killing the terrorists is the wrong answer. Algeria is one of the last places in the world that an adventurous vacationer can be taken hostage by Islamic extremeists without actually being killed. The European tourist trade will suffer. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-23 2:20:48 PM |
| #2 They'll insist that they're "Ultimate Reality Tour Guides" and probably walk away clean. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-23 12:46:40 PM |
| #1 Hang the rest. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-23 11:21:34 AM |