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Islamic Web Site: Al Qaeda in North Africa Claims Responsibility for Algeria Bombings
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The group that claimed responsibility for two bombings in Algeria just months ago is now saying it is responsible for Tuesday's massive bombings in Algeria's capital that killed at least 60 people on Tuesday, a jihadist Web site says.
Al Qaeda in North Africa, known as al Qaeda in Bilad al Maghrib al Islami, posted photos on a jihadist Web site of two of its men it says are the suicide bombers responsible for Tuesday's attacks. One of the men is smiling while holding an AK-47 in one hand, and a gun in the other. The other man in the photo stares blankly while holding an AK-47.
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The al Qaeda Web site contains a statement saying it brings "good news" of suicide operations that killed at least 60 and injured scores in "the ranks of the Crusaders and apostates."
Earlier this year, al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, called for the young men of North Africa to oppose their governments. In September, al Qaeda in North Africa claimed responsibility for two bombings that killed more than 50 people.
One of Tuesday's blasts hit near the Constitutional Court in Algiers. The other bomb went off near the United Nations buildings in the Hydra district of Algiers, killing as many as five U.N. employees, according to the AP.
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December 11, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)
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i haite terrorists,down terrorism,why did they these bombs,why kill they innocents,terrorists are dogs ,are miserable men,im so afraid for victims and their families.god be with him n'cha allah,islam is not blood religion,islam is the religion of forgiveness,of love ,not of kills and blood,it's fals,god didn't says kill innocents,terrorists will pay.
Posted by: viva algeria | Dec 12, 2007 4:16:53 AM
What's up with the old dude on the right in the picture? Looks like he is too old to be a radical extremist. At some point in life, I would imagine the extremism gives way to wanting to live in peace and not bother anyone. My guess is that young angry men and women want to change the world or at least their own country.
Posted by: Bob | Dec 12, 2007 8:50:47 AM
It happens time and again. Something goes boom. No one takes responsibility. Some government - usually the U.S. - claims it was al-Qaeda. Within a day, some Islamist website post something from "al-Qaeda" saying "yup, it was us. Al-qaeda always takes immediate credit for their terrorism.
Posted by: Guy | Dec 12, 2007 5:39:44 PM
They are only recently refering to themselves as al-Qaeda, but they are the same Jihadist that the government fought a long and bloody civil war with in the '90s. They are not new, only they name has changed, because it gets headlines.
Posted by: hellooo | Dec 13, 2007 7:03:16 AM
Guy, could it be the al Qaeda headbands or the big al Qaeda flags or Ayaman Zawahiri encouraging them? Oh! I get it your being sarcastic... No harm done.
Posted by: Brett | Apr 20, 2008 8:49:13 AM
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