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GSPC kills three cops ...
Guess Hattabâs successor is learning the tricks of the trade ...Suspected Islamist rebels killed three Algerian policemen and wounded 13 other officers in a road-side bomb attack on a convoy in the east of the country, state radio said on Saturday. It said "terrorists" detonated a home-made bomb while two police vehicles patrolled the quake-torn town of Zemmouri, some 50 km (30 miles) east of the capital Algiers. The police were then fired upon, the radio said, citing security sources. Gee, those tactics sound kinda familiar, wonder where else Iâve heard of them being used? Algeriaâs armed forces have stepped up a campaign to eliminate what remains of the Islamist organisations Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), known for slitting the throats of its victims. Nice folks, ainât they? State media usually use the term "terrorist" when referring to Islamic rebels who have been fighting the government since 1992, when authorities cancelled elections that an Islamist party was poised to win. State media is also right-on when it comes to this, not that itâll matter much to Rooters ... Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-10-21 |
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