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| Africa: North |
| GSPC attacks ahead of Algerian referendum |
| 2005-09-22 |
| Islamic militants have killed two members of the Algerian security forces in the latest attempt to sabotage a referendum aimed at ending 13 years of violence, newspapers reported on Wednesday. Security forces were cracking down on rebel hideouts when a home-made bomb, believed to have been planted by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), exploded in M'sila on Tuesday, some 350 km (220 miles) from the capital Algiers, dailies El Khabar and El Watan said. The al Qaeda-aligned GSPC, Algeria's largest outlawed rebel movement, has said it was opposed to laying down its arms in exchange for an amnesty. Authorities were not immediately available for comment. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |