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| GSPC arms cache found |
| 2006-03-28 |
| Algerian government forces found a large weapons cache in an area that saw repeated massacres of civilians during rebel attacks in strife that lasted more than a decade, a newspaper reported on Monday. The find in Ain Defla province, 150 km (93 miles) southwest of the capital Algiers, was found on Saturday, three weeks after the launch of an amnesty for rebels aimed at ending a conflict that cost the lives of 200,000 people since 1992. The hiding place of weapons contained a significant quantity of ammunition, Kalashnikov rifles, some 30 rockets, automatic guns, more than 30 detonators and about 100 home-made bombs, said El Watan, which is well-informed on security matters. Government soldiers also seized huge quantities of medical drugs and electricity cables, the newspaper added, citing a security source. Officials were not immediately available for comment. They rarely comment on security-linked questions. The newspaper said it believed the arms cache belonged to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which has been on a U.S. list of terrorist organisations. Hundreds of people were massacred in attacks in Ain Defla by Islamist militants between 1994 and 1998. The latest security sweep in Ain Defla is part of an offensive on rebel strongholds throughout the country. Government soldiers shot dead a bombmaker for GSPC on Thursday in Boumerdes province, some 50 km (30 miles) east of Algiers. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Likely the Silent Black Mod of Death. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-03-28 11:57 |
| #5 First they came for look.... |
| Posted by: 6 2006-03-28 11:56 |
| #4 'look' comment is Gone. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-03-28 10:59 |
| #3 The electric cables could either be to control detonators or stolen from poles. Depends on the size; big stuff would be sold for "salvage" to finance their jihad. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-03-28 07:38 |
| #2 Government soldiers also seized huge quantities of medical drugs and electricity cables Curious. What benfit would terrorists get from cables? Surely not to sell them for scrap to raise funds. I assume the drugs are to heal the wounded... or create the modern version of Assassin dreams... 'Tain't Sinktrap material, RD. It will soon be disappeared. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-28 07:36 |
| #1 look yes i did, and i see sink trap! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-03-28 04:34 |