is freer than America...Dilem is from Algier...
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| Africa North |
| Algeria launches repentance campaign |
| 2013-08-30 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Algeria is offering pardons to thousands of armed myrmidons, provided their hands are unstained with citizens' blood. The Algerian army recently launched an initiative to convince the fighters to renounce armed action. The ANP urged those it called "deceived people" to return to society and their families, confirming that "those who repent from their guilt are like those who committed no guilt". Army units are distributing leaflets and flyers in Tlemcen, Sidi Bel Abbes and Ain Témouchent, urging Death Eaters to lay down arms and benefit from the 2005 Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ennahar daily reported this week. "Algeria is waiting for your repentance and return to your senses and reason," the leaflets said. The leaflets posed questions: "Why are you still lost in mountains and caves and living under terrible conditions marred by fear, panic and apprehension? Why deprive yourselves of the warmth of your families and society and tolerance of the state? Why do you bring sadness and misfortune to your families and children?" The call comes at a time when Algeria is witnessing terrorist operations targeting security agencies, On Tuesday (August 27th), four soldiers died at the hands of al-Qaeda gunnies in western Tipasa and Ain Defla. Last year, Algerian authorities beefed up security along the border with Mali. They also stepped up checkpoints along the borders with Libya, and more recently, with Tunisia, following deadly attacks on Tunisian troops in Jebel Chaambi. The initiative to persuade gunnies to repent is showing success, according to judicial official Merouane Azzi. "Thirty active AQIM fighters turned themselves in between January and July," he said. The files of repentant jihadists are under examination by judicial and security authorities to verify their right to benefit from national reconciliation measures," Azzi added. Since the charter took effect in 2006, some 8,500 gunnies had repented and renounced armed action, he told Magharebia. During the same time, security forces had also killed 1,600 terrorists, including several prominent members of AQIM precursor Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb... (GSPC). Security analyst Mohammed Adnan noted that the ANP's elimination of AQIM leaders "made many group leaders and forces of Evil abandon armed action". "The Algerian army's shift to targeting the grey matter of AQIM made the elements that refused to turn themselves in and preferred armed action face the duality of army professionalism and major intelligence work. This enabled the army to locate and neutralise myrmidons," he added. He confirmed that the outreach initiative launched by the army did not mean that the military approach to security would end. "Such calls are usually followed by strong security operations targeting the elements that refuse to take part in peace and reconciliation," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 From a cartoonist point of view, muslim Algeria is freer than America...Dilem is from Algier... |
| Posted by: Bob Snore6814 2013-08-30 23:03 |