| [Maghrebia] As Algerian military helicopters hovered overhead to ensure security, repentant terrorist Hassan Hattab on Friday evening (July 3rd) visited his son and two daughters in the eastern Algiers neighbourhood of Benzarga, L'Expression reported. It was his first public appearance since 1992. In footage of his visit aired on Al Jazeera, Hattab launched a new appeal to Algerian terrorists to lay down arms and benefit from national reconciliation. Hattab, who surrendered to authorities in 2007, said that he and other repentant GSPC members had begun an initiative to convince al-Qaeda members to stop acts of violence. |