13 al Qaeda killed by Algeria

Reuters/NY Times:

The Algerian army, stepping up a counter-offensive after attacks by al Qaeda, has killed 13 militants near the border with Tunisia in the past three days, newspapers reported on Saturday.

The militants, members of the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, were killed in Tebessa province, some 634 km (396 miles) east of the capital Algiers, independent dailies Liberte and El Khabar said.

The army was acting on information provided by a captured rebel, the papers cited security sources as saying. The authorities have yet to comment on the offensive.

Maghreb Al Qaeda said last month it was planning a violent campaign against "infidels" and government forces in the Maghreb region and urged Muslims to stay away from possible targets, according to a statement posted on the Internet.

The group, known previously as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has switched tactics from hit and run raids in rural areas to high-profile urban bombings. Triple suicide attacks killed 33 people in Algiers in April.

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What is al Qaeda doing in a country that we have not invaded? They are in Algeria, but not in Iraq? How can that be? Democrats will be so shocked. The Yearly Kos convention will have to start all over with the revelation that the US is not the cause for al Qaeda terrorizing another country. Harry Reid must really be embarrassed by this news.

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