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| Algeria: Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing suspected to be behind deadly suicide bombing |
| 2008-10-02 |
| (SomaliNet) According to a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday, Al-Qaeda's north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday. On Sunday, a car bomb exploded in the Takdemt district near the coastal town of Dellys, 100 km east of Algiers, killing three people and wounding six. The group, which calls itself al-Qaeda organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, identified the bomber as Abu al-Abbas Abd al-Rahman and said his car was laden with 600 kg of an unspecified explosive material. The statement, posted on an Islamist website, said the bombing had targeted army barracks. "We bring (the Muslim Ummah) the glad tidings of the mujahideens' victories and their massacre of the apostate slaves of America," the statement said. Since adopting the al-Qaeda name early in 2007, the group, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has claimed several attacks including twin suicide bombings of UN offices and a court building in Algiers in December 2007 which killed 41 people. It also claimed a suicide truck bombing against a coastguard barracks in Dellys in September 2007 that killed 37 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 STRATFOR > AL QAEDA AND A TALE OF TWO BATTLESPACES [Physical vs. Ideological], AQ has devol into 3 ea. distinct entities - AQ Prime [Osama + Zawi. etal], Affiliated and lessor Pro-AQ Aligned Islamist-JIhadist Groups, + General/World Jihadist Movement. WHILE AQ MAY NO LONGER BE AS POTENT STRATEGIC THREAT [war losses] TO THE US-WEST AS BEFORE 9-11 [or OPERATION IRAGI FREEDOM?], and thus is presently MARGINALIZED ON THE TACTICAL BATTLEFIELD = PHYSICAL BATTLESPACE, AQ IS WORKING HARD TO REMAIN RELEVANT AND INFLUENTIAL ON THE IDEOLOGICAL BATTLEFIELD/ BATTLESPACE IN ORDER TO ENABLE OR EFFECT A RETURN TO NEW PHYSICAL BATTLESPACE POTENCY??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-02 22:41 |
| #2 And here I thought it was the Amish. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-02 08:49 |
| #1 COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG > docs indic that AL QAEDA HAS BEGUN SHIFTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM IRAQ TO AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [International Jihad]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-02 03:03 |