| A Chadian rebel group yesterday called on Algeria to pick up some 15 members of an Algerian militant group it was holding. The Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) believe they captured Algerian Amari Saifi, known as El-Para and the second in command of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), in March along with more than a dozen followers. âWe have informed Algeria but no one has come yet to pick them up,â said Abubakar Rajab, a French-based MDJT spokesman. âIt seems to be a technical problem because the Algerians do not want to enter Chadian territory to collect them. But we believe a quick solution can still be found,â he said. There are no independent confirmation of the MDJT claims of holding the GSPC members, but diplomats and military officials said they were credible following clashes in early March between the Chadian army and the GSPC in which 43 rebels were killed. |