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Soldiers fall victim to Algeria ambush
Eight Algerian soldiers were reported killed and three injured, when their convoy was ambushed by suspected Islamic militants on Tuesday. The militants detonated explosives as the convoy drove through mountains towards Montgorno, 90 kilometres south of Algiers, and then opened fire. Nine soldiers died in a similar incident west of the capital a fortnight ago. The Algerian Army really needs to work on their anti-ambush techniques, they lose more men this way. About 150 extremists have been killed in army operations in the past two weeks, according to press reports, in continuing civil unrest which has left over 120,000 dead in the past 11 years. This was a major success. Press reports say that the rebels in the latest attack fired on the army convoy with machine guns. They seized the weapons that were being carried by the convoy. The GIA are reported to be active in the area where the ambush took place, and also around Ain Defla, 140km east of Algiers, where the earlier ambush took place. In a separate incident, GSPC fighters were reported to have slit the throats of four people who wanted to surrender to soldiers in the Babors mountains, 300km east of Algiers. Canât have people surrendering, bad for morale. The GSPC were reportedly the 150 victims of the army operation in the inaccessible Babors mountains, where the group was holding a meeting. One report spoke of 105 charred bodies being found in a cave. Guess those mountains were not that inaccessible. Posted by: Steve 2003-10-01 |
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