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Africa: North
Islamic Militants Kill 6 Hikers in Algeria
2005-08-21
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Islamic terrorists militants killed six hikers in a forest in eastern Algeria, local security forces said Saturday. Victims had their throats slit in the Friday attack in the forests of Ravin Bleu in the Batna region, about 330 miles east of Algiers, the security forces said.

The terrorists attackers accosted a group of a dozen hikers and took their valuables. Those who were not killed were briefly abducted. All but one woman were released, and authorities were searching the area, the officials said.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  When it's only one, that isn't enough to make up a shipment, so I would think they kept her for their own use.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-08-21 19:47  

#7  "Those who were not killed were briefly abducted. All but one woman were released, and authorities were searching the area, the officials said."

You mean they didn't sell her off to the white slave trade?
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen   2005-08-21 12:48  

#6  or wear a steel collar
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-21 11:03  

#5  Note to self: cancel Algerian vacation plans.
Posted by: DMFD   2005-08-21 10:05  

#4  This is one of several articles that refer to the victims as civilians including one woman. Musta been Algerian hikers. Robbery appears to be the motive.
Posted by: GK   2005-08-21 03:32  

#3  They were Europeans want to bet? The survival quotent is very low and getting lower by the hour in Europe.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-08-21 03:22  

#2  hikers?? how descriptive. Were they Algerians? Americans? Boyscouts? The state of "reporting" these days is dismal.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-21 03:19  

#1  Our annoying Free World media insists on referring to terrorists as militants. That is once step from calling them freedom fighters.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler   2005-08-21 02:57  

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