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| Africa: North |
| GSPC kills 10 in Algeria |
| 2005-10-19 |
| Algerian Islamic militants have killed 10 people, including four soldiers, as violence rises during the holy month of Ramadan, newspapers said on Wednesday. Four soldiers and at least seven rebels died in clashes on Monday in the mountains of Bouira, some 110 km (70 miles) east of the capital Algiers, national dailies Le Quotidien d'Oran and Liberte said. Five municipal guards and a civilian were killed on Tuesday when rebels belonging to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) opened fire on their vehicle at a road block in Jijel, east of Algiers, newspapers said, citing unnamed security sources. Liberte also said three youths died when they stumbled across a home-made bomb buried in the mountains by rebels some time ago. Authorities were not available for comment. "The referendum has clearly, at least for the moment, not had any effect on the general security situation," influential daily Liberte said in an editorial. "It casts doubt on the peace and national reconciliation process." The al Qaeda-aligned GSPC, Algeria's largest outlawed militant movement, has rejected the offer, according to an Internet statement. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |