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Terror attacks kill 20 Algerian troops
[Maghrebia] The week-end corpse count for Algerian soldiers reached 20 on Sunday (April 17th), after a roadside kaboom killed an army captain and four troops in corpse-littered Boumerdes. The daytime blast reportedly sent the soldiers' vehicle into a ravine in Doukane, near Ammal.Another bomb kaboom Sunday in Bouira killed a gendarme and maimed three others. The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) brigade led by Abdelmalik Droukdel  ... aka Abdel Wadoud, was a regional leader of the GSPC for several years before becoming the group's supremo in 2004 following the death of then-leader Nabil Sahraoui. Under Abdel Wadoud's leadership the GSPC has sought to develop itself from a largely domestic entity into a larger player on the international terror stage. In September 2006 it was announced that the GSPC had joined forces with al-Qaeda and in January 2007 the group officially changed its name to the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb.... deputy Abu Selmane was suspected in the attacks, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. On Friday, 14 soldiers died when hard boyz besieged their Azazga military camp. At least 50 hard boyz attacked the army outpost between Azazga and Yakouren at 8pm. The assailants planted bombs and blocked nearby roads with trees to prevent access by military reinforcements before attacking the ANP troops with machine-gun fire, bombs and grenades. The hard boyz opened fire in the air just meters away from the unit to attract the attention of the army elements. Meanwhile, ...back at the scene of the crime, Lieutenant Queeg had an idea... another group of hard boyz fired on the army personnel with Kalashnikovs. The clash continued for more than two hours. Two bad boyz were potted in the fighting, according to security sources. The attack was the deadliest mounted against Algerian troops since July 29th, 2009, when a terrorist ambush on a military convoy in Damous (Tipaza region) killed more than a dozen soldiers. According to security sources, the hard boyz seized a significant quantity of weapons. A dozen soldiers were stabbed with knives and sustained serious injuries. Helicopters were used to transfer maimed troops and the bodies of the dead. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-20 |
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