Algeria: Al Qaeda Islamists Kill 67 in Twin Bomb Blasts

[Ambiorix]

December 11, 2007

Algeria: Al Qaeda Islamists Kill 67 in Twin Bomb Blasts

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Ealier today, two car bombs exploded in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The two targets were the Supreme Court and the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. At least 10 UN staff were killed in the blast. The first bombing happened outside the Supreme Court building. A bus carrying law students on their way to university was caught in the force of the explosion, and many of these students were among the 30 who were killed at the blast site.

The second explosion happened minutes later, at 9.30 am local time, outside the UNHCR building on Emile Payen Street in Hydra district (pictured above). At least 15 people were killed in this explosion, most of them Algerian. Initial figures for the dead were given as 22, then, 45, but that figure has now risen to 67 as severely injured people die in hospital. More than 150 people have been injured.

The attacks were suspected to be the handiwork of GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat), which became officially allied to Al Qaeda in September last year, later adopting the title "Al Qaeda in the Maghreb". A statement on an Islamist website announced that GSPC had carried out the attack, and the bombers were named as Abdul-Rahman al-Aasmi and Ami Ibrahim Abou Othman. The website showed the pair posing with assault rifles.

News and analysis is carried by The Economist, the New York Times, CNN, Associated Press, Agence France Presse, the Times, ABC News, MakFax, Reuters, Radio New Zealand and the Telegraph.

The BBC and ABC have pictorials of the aftermath of the two car bombings, and the Washington Post has a brief history of the GSPC, written by Andrew Hansen of the Council on Foreign Relations.



The scene outside Algeria's Supreme Court, where the first bombing took place

On April 11 this year, 33 people were killed by a twin car bombing in Algiers, an attack carried out by GSPC. In July, 10 soldiers were killed when a truck bomb was used to attack a barracks at Lakhdaria, 62 miles east of Algiers

On Thursday, September 6 in Batna, 270 miles southeast of Algiers, a suicide bomber struck,as a crowd waited to greet Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. At least 22 people died. On Saturday September 8, a suicide bomber drove a van packed with explosives into a coast guards' barracks at Dellys, 30 miles east of Algiers. At least 60 people were killed in this attack. The attacks of July and September 2007 were both the responsibility of GSPC/Al Qaeda in the Maghreb.

Algeria's problems with Islamist attacks began in June 1991. At this time, members of the Islamic Salvation Front were agitating on the streets, calling for the resignation of then President Benjedid and for the implementation of a sharia-based Islamic state. Riots took place, causing bloodshed, and general elections were postponed.

On June 18th 1991, an interim government led by Sid-Ahmed Ghozali took charge of the country. Clashes continued in the country, and hundreds of FIS supporters were arrested. In December 1991, general elections finally took place. The FIS gained a large victory in these elections, but were never allowed to take control of government. In January 1992, a military coup happened.

Since that time Islamists mounted attacks, which were particularly severe during the 1990s. Most of their victims were civilians. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people died as a result of Islamist attack. There were formerly several terror groups operating in Algeria, but recently, the only group which has vowed to continue its armed struggle is GSPC.

On Thursday September 29, 2005 the Algerian government allowed the population to vote for an amnesty to be given to Islamist outlaws and former terrorists. The result of the referendum found in favor of offering the Islamists an amnesty if they laid down their arms. Howoever, on Saturday October 1, 2005, the leader of GSPC made an internet statement. Abou Mossab Abdelouadoud, whose real name is Abdelmalek Droukdel warned: "The Jihad will go on ... we have promised God to continue the Jihad and the combat."

The same day as GSPC rejected the amnesty, three civilians were killed in terrorist incidents. In the southwestern province of Medea, two civilians were killed when their vehicle ran over a home-made land mine. In M'Sila province, a 62-year old animal breeder was beheaded. Since then attacks have continued against civilians, foreign workers employed in the oil industry, and also the police and military.

GSPC has had active cells in France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Norway.

Let's hope these bombing campaigns stop.

[JTFFan]

December 11, 2007

Algeria: Al Qaeda Islamists Kill 67 in Twin Bomb Blasts

http://www.westernresistance.com/
Ealier today, two car bombs exploded in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The two targets were the Supreme Court and the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. At least 10 UN staff were killed in the blast. The first bombing happened outside the Supreme Court building. A bus carrying law students on their way to university was caught in the force of the explosion, and many of these students were among the 30 who were killed at the blast site.

The second explosion happened minutes later, at 9.30 am local time, outside the UNHCR building on Emile Payen Street in Hydra district (pictured above). At least 15 people were killed in this explosion, most of them Algerian. Initial figures for the dead were given as 22, then, 45, but that figure has now risen to 67 as severely injured people die in hospital. More than 150 people have been injured.

The attacks were suspected to be the handiwork of GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat), which became officially allied to Al Qaeda in September last year, later adopting the title "Al Qaeda in the Maghreb". A statement on an Islamist website announced that GSPC had carried out the attack, and the bombers were named as Abdul-Rahman al-Aasmi and Ami Ibrahim Abou Othman. The website showed the pair posing with assault rifles.

News and analysis is carried by The Economist, the New York Times, CNN, Associated Press, Agence France Presse, the Times, ABC News, MakFax, Reuters, Radio New Zealand and the Telegraph.

The BBC and ABC have pictorials of the aftermath of the two car bombings, and the Washington Post has a brief history of the GSPC, written by Andrew Hansen of the Council on Foreign Relations.



The scene outside Algeria's Supreme Court, where the first bombing took place

On April 11 this year, 33 people were killed by a twin car bombing in Algiers, an attack carried out by GSPC. In July, 10 soldiers were killed when a truck bomb was used to attack a barracks at Lakhdaria, 62 miles east of Algiers

On Thursday, September 6 in Batna, 270 miles southeast of Algiers, a suicide bomber struck,as a crowd waited to greet Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. At least 22 people died. On Saturday September 8, a suicide bomber drove a van packed with explosives into a coast guards' barracks at Dellys, 30 miles east of Algiers. At least 60 people were killed in this attack. The attacks of July and September 2007 were both the responsibility of GSPC/Al Qaeda in the Maghreb.

Algeria's problems with Islamist attacks began in June 1991. At this time, members of the Islamic Salvation Front were agitating on the streets, calling for the resignation of then President Benjedid and for the implementation of a sharia-based Islamic state. Riots took place, causing bloodshed, and general elections were postponed.

On June 18th 1991, an interim government led by Sid-Ahmed Ghozali took charge of the country. Clashes continued in the country, and hundreds of FIS supporters were arrested. In December 1991, general elections finally took place. The FIS gained a large victory in these elections, but were never allowed to take control of government. In January 1992, a military coup happened.

Since that time Islamists mounted attacks, which were particularly severe during the 1990s. Most of their victims were civilians. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people died as a result of Islamist attack. There were formerly several terror groups operating in Algeria, but recently, the only group which has vowed to continue its armed struggle is GSPC.

On Thursday September 29, 2005 the Algerian government allowed the population to vote for an amnesty to be given to Islamist outlaws and former terrorists. The result of the referendum found in favor of offering the Islamists an amnesty if they laid down their arms. Howoever, on Saturday October 1, 2005, the leader of GSPC made an internet statement. Abou Mossab Abdelouadoud, whose real name is Abdelmalek Droukdel warned: "The Jihad will go on ... we have promised G-d to continue the Jihad and the combat."

The same day as GSPC rejected the amnesty, three civilians were killed in terrorist incidents. In the southwestern province of Medea, two civilians were killed when their vehicle ran over a home-made land mine. In M'Sila province, a 62-year old animal breeder was beheaded. Since then attacks have continued against civilians, foreign workers employed in the oil industry, and also the police and military.

GSPC has had active cells in France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Norway.

Let's hope these bombing campaigns stop.

This is what happens when you let Nazi muSSlim scum into those countries!

[Ambiorix]

This is a  nazi scum country.

[JTFFan]

This is a  nazi scum country.

lol, pretty much is now.