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Al-Qaeda launches propaganda war to hide its heavy loss
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has started a new propaganda war targeting hiding significant human losses being subject to during April, after one year of the twin suicide blasts hitting Government Headquarters and police office in Bab Ezzouar. The same organization has denied the surrender of Mokhtar Belmokhtar.National Army forces have undertaken heavy losses during this month inside its main fiefs, in Boumerdés province, as 10 terrorists have been eliminated while hiding inside caves in Thenia woods. In turn, a communiqué aired by Al-Qaeda yesterday has tried asserting that its members managed getting out safely from what it called the bloody battle, while trying to stick the heavy losses to the Army. Observers qualified the abovementioned communiqué as a part of a psychological war Al-Qaeda breaks out to avoid any negative impact of heavy field loss on its members spirit. However, army forces managed eliminating four other terrorists in Khenchla and Tebessa, eastern Algeria, one of them returned to terror fiefs after being released in 2006 benefiting from National Reconciliation procedures. In this context, among 2200 prisoners released after benefiting from National Reconciliation procedures, 200 returned to terror fiefs to back up Al-Qaeda ranks. On another side the same communiqué has rejected recognizing that Mokhtar Belmokhtar, alias Khaled Abu Al-Abbes, has split from the organization and been engaged for 1 year and a half in negotiations with security services to benefit from Reconciliation procedures, with 20 of his followers. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-01 |
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