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Africa: North

U.S. Studies Algerian CI Example

2005-04-29

The United States has been examining how Algeria overcame a decade-long war with Islamic insurgents. U.S. officials and analysts agreed that Algeria has largely defeated the Islamic insurgency, which has drawn support from Al Qaida. They said Algeria has employed brute force, relentless military operations, psychological warfare as well as incentives to weaken, divide and demoralize the insurgency movement. "The U.S. is stepping-up its relationship with the Algerian government, largely through counter-terrorism cooperation," Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, said. "U.S. officials have said that there are lessons to be learned from Algeria's struggle with terrorism."

Yeah. Those lessons are to hunt them down and kill them, concentrating on the head cheeses. The GAI and GSPC went through supreme leaders pretty rapidly.

Royce discussed U.S. cooperation with Algerian officials during his visit to Algeria in January 2005. Congressional leaders have supported plans by the Bush administration to increase defense and security cooperation with Algeria to facilitate the war against Al Qaida. In 2004, the administration approved the export of several unidentified non-lethal military systems to Algeria.

Prior to that, the Algerians were largely using shoe leather express to chase the bastards down.

Posted by:Fred

#7 But BaR, psychological warfare is mean!

Posted by: trailing wife 2005-04-29 11:08:05 AM

#6 They said Algeria has employed brute force, relentless military operations, psychological warfare as well as incentives to weaken, divide and demoralize the insurgency movement.

Two of those options won't get past the lefty radar, that's for sure.

Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-29 11:02:14 AM

#5 If their moonbats are in charge, it's because they elected 'em. Another job for the ClueBat!

Posted by: Spot 2005-04-29 7:46:02 AM

#4 Pity our poor cousins, bro - their moonbats are in charge.

Posted by: .com 2005-04-29 4:34:05 AM

#3 Agreed, SpoD. They're the terminally dense.

Posted by: .com 2005-04-29 4:23:34 AM

#2 The Baba Boxers and John Kerrys of this world will never get it I am afraid .com

They would rather half of us die than let go of their petty partisan political games.

Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-29 4:18:57 AM

#1 Excellent. The ClueBat pays us a visit.

To try to hold it at bay is to pretend they're rational and reasonable, like us only confused or misinformed. It is to count upon the perfect luck of underfunded and overworked security agencies, as does the UK. It is merely postponing the day when a cell succeeds, in spite of the average jihadi's low 2-digit IQ. It is close to suicidal, and definitely malfeasant on the part of Govt authority, given the lethality of weapons and the easy corruption of humans.

To defeat it, is to treat it as it actually is - a relentless implacable infestation of murderous fanatics capable of understanding only power and hate, yielding only to brutal and overwhelming force, and defeated only by eradication.

I believe Beslan was the pivot point, the perfect storm of Islamist insanity - and likely the turning point in the effort to open the eyes of the only moderately dense.

We are turning the corner if only because enough witnessed that event.

There will be other challenges, obviously more subtle, following in short order after the Islamists. But let's defeat them and, in the process, we'll expose the outline of coming battles in the process. People will begin to see the craven sellout Socialist / Fascist facilitators of these Islamists - and the ChiComs and the Chavez's - and the seeds of the next fight for survival will be sewn.

Just my take.

Posted by: .com 2005-04-29 3:43:04 AM

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