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| Army captain killed in suspected Islamist attack in northern Algeria |
| 2007-03-01 |
| An army captain was killed Wednesday and another serviceman seriously injured in a suspected Islamist attack that came hours after a spate of nighttime attacks on roadblocks in northern Algeria, security officials said. The captain and serviceman came under fire Wednesday near the village of Ain Rich, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the northern city of Djelfa, officials said. The Mohadjrine Falange, a wing of the Salafist Group of Call and Combat, or the GSPC, is thought to be responsible for the attack. The army was sweeping the area to find those responsible. At least seven roadblocks in the town of Kabylie, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the capital, Algiers, were targeted in simultaneous attacks on Tuesday, officials said. No one was hurt when suspected Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs opened fire on the joint police and army roadblocks, officials said. The attacks flew in the face of the government's bid to turn the page on a bloody Islamic insurgency that tore the nation apart in the 1990s. The violence left an estimated 120,000 dead — civilians, soldiers and Islamic insurgents. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Rest in peace and honour, captain, with our thanks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-03-01 07:25 |