President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Sunday Algerians must pull together to eliminate what was left of Islamic militancy in the north African country, in his first comments since a spate of daring rebel attacks. "Terrorism has been conquered but not yet completely eradicated," Bouteflika said in a speech ahead of independence celebrations on July 5. "It must be pursued without respite...until its total annihilation," he said in comments carried on official news agency APS. Algeria’s government refers to rebels seeking to set up an Islamic state in the country as terrorists. Bouteflika called on all Algerians to help end what he called terrorism.
| I'd ask what the writer would call it, but the source is Rooters, so we can guess... |
He said that was a key condition for reinforcing the democratic process in the young country, which won independence from France in 1962. |