Guess it's time to see who's check cleared ...
Chadian rebels warned on Friday they will soon be forced to decide the fate of a group of Algerian Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda after Algeria failed to negotiate their handover. The rebels had captured the group, including the figurehead of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), Amari Saifi, and a dozen of his followers in northern Chad in March. The rebels -- the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) -- said they had tried without success to get Saifi and his followers turned over to Algerian authorities. "We cannot continue like this, so if nothing happens we will be forced to take a clear decision on their fate," said Abubakar Rajab, a MDJT spokesman based in France. He would not elaborate on the decisions the MDJT might take.
| Might I suggest something involving blindfolds and cigarettes? |
"We again call on Algeria to come and collect them... We haven't had any contact with Algeria since June and I don't understand why it's taking so long. Algeria says it's fighting the war on terror," he said. The Chadian government had complained in June that Algeria was negotiating a handover with the rebels, but Algeria at the time denied any contact with the MDJT. |