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| North Africa |
| Algerian troops kill three Islamic militants: officials |
| 2002-12-01 |
| Algerian government troops killed three armed Islamic militants in a crackdown on fundamentalists in the northwest of the country overnight, officials said Sunday. The three were believed responsible for the death of four security officials at Chorfa in the Sidi Bel Abbes area where Algerian troops carried out their raid. Since the start of the Muslim Ramadan fast on November 6 more than 70 people have been killed in unrest, according to official and press tolls. This particular war tends to fall into the background noise of terrorism, but it's still there, and it's still vicious. Islamists are never content with only fouling their own nests; they're determined to export their perversions to neighboring countries as well. And Europe always presents a big, fat, soft target. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |