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| AQIM suspects charged for Boumerdes blast |
| 2014-02-19 |
[MAGHAREBIA] Algerian security services tossed in the clink... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... four men in connection with the deadly kaboom in Borj Menaiel, El Watan reported on Monday (February 17th). The February 2nd blast killed two soldiers and maimed three others. The suspects are accused of belonging to an al-Qaeda support network. One is the son of a colleague of AQIM's Algerian chief Abdelmalik Droukdel ... aka Abdel Wadoud, was a regional leader of the GSPC for several years before becoming the group's supremo in 2004 following the death of then-leader Nabil Sahraoui. Under Abdel Wadoud's leadership the GSPC has sought to develop itself from a largely domestic entity into a larger player on the international terror stage. In September 2006 it was announced that the GSPC had joined forces with al-Qaeda and in January 2007 the group officially changed its name to the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb.... , Le Temps d'Algerie reported, |
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