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2010-09-24 Africa North

A policeman killed while trying to defuse a bomb in Boumerdes

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1 Al Qaeda: making friends of the locals wherever they appear.

Somebody once said 'It does not matter if they like, so long as they fear.'

Posted by Glenmore 2010-09-24 08:34|| 2010-09-24 08:34|| Front Page Top

#2 When they hate, they tattle to the authorities, Glenmore. And if it gets bad enough they then they form Sons of __ organizations to fight back. In Iraq there were stories of Al Qaeda serving the father a delicious casserole of his kidnapped son to keep him in line. That kind of thing (or even rumours of that kind of thing) poisons the sea of the local population in which the terrorists must swim.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-24 11:07|| 2010-09-24 11:07|| Front Page Top

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