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Algeria forces kill 17 armed men |
2008-02-13 |
![]() The top-selling El Khabar daily said the army killed five of the assailants in a clash shortly after the ambush. Troops backed by air power later surrounded other attackers and killed 12 of them, the Arabic-language daily added. Other militants travelling on 10 all-terrain vehicles joined the rebel group during the clashes, it said, adding troops were continuing to hunt for armed men in the neighbouring province of Biskra. |
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