Rejecting the violence (dasilva)

This wasn’t much of an opinion peace on Nouri’s part, but it still had great insight into the minds of our brothers and sisters out in the middle east and what they think about the violence out there. He is just relaying some information from a BBC peace on Algerian Reactions to the recent [...]

Algerians Mourn Those Killed in Bombings (Eve)

At least 37 people, mostly UN staff members, were killed in twin suicide bombings that took place at the UN offices and government buildings in Algeria on Tuesday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement that “This was an attack not only against the United Nations, not only against Algerians, but against humankind itself.”  Even though [...]

“Algerian troops slay deputy head of Al-Qaeda in North Africa”

According to Beirut’s Daily Star:
The deputy chief of Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing,
believed to be the group’s operational leader, was killed along with
two other rebels in a gun battle with Algerian troops, local newspapers
said on Tuesday. Security sources on Tuesday confirmed the death of
three soldiers, also killed over the weekend, as their convoy was
driving east of [...]

French families leave Algeria on security worries (Eve)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/06/AR2007100600631.html
Recently, Al Qauda’s second-in-command, Ayman al Zawahri sent out a video saying that he was going to “cleanse” North Africa of the Spanish and French.  In apparently related news, a car bomb sent for the purpose of cleansing went off on Sept. 21, injuring nine people, one of whom was Italian and two French.  Since [...]

Al-Qaeda and Algeria

Algerians protested the recent Al-Qaeda bombings in their country today.  In the past week, there has been major bombings in the country that have killed over 120.  Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for these bombings.  It’s easy to overlook how terrorism plays out in other parts of the world.  The important thing to pay attention to [...]