7 Al Qaeda Killed In Algeria
“You know that al-Qaeda exists from Algeria to the Philippines … it’s everywhere.” - Tunisian terrorist Essid Sami ben Khemais
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Security forces bombed an Al Qaeda hideout in Algeria early Wednesday, killing seven terrorists believed to be responsible for a deadly ambush this week, officials said.
The seven killed were suspected of carrying out an ambush Monday that killed five security officials and one civilian in the eastern town of Henchir El-Hoshas.
Liberte newspaper reported Wednesday that a group of militants had swarmed a neighborhood in the town on Monday, entered a house and slit the throat of a 50-year-old occupant.
Security forces arrived on the scene, but found it was booby trapped with homemade bombs and mines that detonated as they entered the neighborhood, killing five security officers, the report said.
The terrorists were in a cave near Lagla el-Malha, a village in the Tebessa region about 370 miles east of the capital, Algiers, security officials said.
The officials said a team checking the area near Lagla el-Malha bombed the hideout from a helicopter early Wednesday.
The terrorists fled into the surrounding forest, launching a security sweep to find them, according to Liberte.
Located on the Tunisian border, the Tebessa region has been the site of several recent attacks by a local al-Qaida group. In July and August at least 80 people—most of them terrorists—were killed in clashes in the region, according to local media outlets.
While large-scale violence died down in the 1990s, attacks by Al-Qaida in North Africa have mounted in recent months.
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The noose is tightening around AQ indeed.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pmthere is no terrorist threat,, there is no terrorist threat,,THERE IS NO TERRORIST THREAT,,,, wake up idiots..
September 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pmsquash those cock-a-roaches
September 5th, 2007 at 7:53 pmWhat WOULD be the appropriate bumpersticker on the front of my truck for running over the Silky Pony?
September 5th, 2007 at 9:19 pmMilitants? Can we please call them what they are? Al-Qaida!!!
I swear to God I hate the MSM. Google “Militants” and see where they are being killed.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:54 pmi didn’t know we’re in algeria. they say the only reason al-qaeda is in iraq is because we’re there. hmmmmmm
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September 6th, 2007 at 2:15 amI am not surprised that there are AQ militants there.
In the nineties, they were called another name, in the sixties, also, another name, on the borders with Marocco, again, another name : you get plenty of terrorists for whatever clue in this country ; the explanation, may-be because it a country where the youth is numerous, a bigger percentage than for the adults, especially for the males ; so, unemployment, therefore idleness, any manipulativ illuminate imam can enrole a part of them in whatever jihad ;
if we, westerners, want to get rid of these terrorism nests there, we have to think about giving them an occupation, lucrativ jobs (because they don’t like to work for almost nothing) ; educate them, therefore to subvention their universities…
September 6th, 2007 at 2:17 amWouldn’t want to be an AQ terrorist in an Algerian prison. There is no ACLU or CAIR organization to file a bullshit lawsuit for them. The Algerians don’t fuck around. The little fucktard terrorists that aren’t killed, will rue the day that they fucked with people as vicious as they are.
One, two, three….four….Another one bites the dust…
September 6th, 2007 at 5:37 am