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| Algeria dismantles El Ansar terror brigade support network |
| 2010-03-17 |
| [Maghrebia] Algerian security forces dismantled a terror-support group in Bordj Menaïel, L'Expression reported on Tuesday (March 16th). Six suspects, aged between 20 and 30, are accused of providing logistical support to al-Qaeda's El Ansar brigade and informing terrorists about the movements of security services in the region. In related news, El Ansar brigade ex-emir Ali Touati and nine other al-Qaeda terrorists were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Boumerdes court, El Watan reported on Tuesday (March 16th). Five other defendants, including two custom officers, were acquitted at the week-end hearing. |
| Posted by:Fred |