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Algeria: 109 terrorists killed, 36 nabbed in 2015
2015-12-29
Algerian Defence Ministry in a wrap-up of 2015 counter-terrorism operations Sunday indicated that a total of 109 terrorists have been killed and 39 arrested by the national army. The ministry put at 109 the number of terrorists killed in 2015 while the number of captives is 39.

The ministry also announced that the army during the same period seized a significant number of weapons among which 105 Kalachnikov, 21 automatic guns, 237 rifles, 8 rocket launchers, 8 traditional rocket launchers, sizeable quantity of ammunitions as well as 182 artisanal bombs, 132 mines and a presumed shutter gun five rockets.

The army summary report also indicated that up to 57,168.2 kg of Kif have been seized as part of the anti-drogue campaign. The ministry also reported the seizure of 977 metal detector equipments, 1,321.7 grams of gold and 1,079,787 of fuel as part of the fight against illegal trafficking.
All these quoted statistics makes me wonder if the Algerian Defense Ministry has been taking lessons from the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam...
Algeria has also beefed up its security level at borders with Libya in an attempt to push back incursions of jihadist militants planning terrorist attacks on the Algerian soil.

Algeria according to experts is eyed as the next IS conquest due its oil installations.
And because it has its fair share of jihadi wannabes and eye-rolling imams...
Posted by:Steve White

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