Witnesses say the attack was a suicide bombing; the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility. By Lamine Chikhi for Reuters:
LAKHDARIA, Algeria (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded at an Algerian army barracks on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers in the deadliest attack claimed by al Qaeda's north Africa wing since a triple suicide bombing in April.
The blast in Lakhdaria village 120 km (75 miles) east of the capital in the troubled Kabylie region happened hours before the opening in Algiers of the All Africa Games, a prestigious sports event regarded as Africa's Olympics which Algeria is hosting.
"I heard a terrible explosion," said the owner of a coffee shop in Lakhdaria, a settlement surrounded by forested mountains that have long served as a hideouts for Islamist rebels seeking to set up Islamic rule in the gas exporting OPEC member state.
"I first thought it was an earthquake but soon I found out it was an attack against the barracks."
The 0530 GMT blast was caused by a truck bomb and the eight dead and 23 wounded were soldiers, the official APS news agency reported security sources as saying.
It made no mention of the attackers, but residents, citing unconfirmed reports, said the assault was carried out by a suicide bomber who gained access to the barracks by posing as the driver of a food delivery truck.
Another bomb exploded close to a group of gendarmes on patrol near the village of Tigzirt in the same region later on Wednesday, killing one and injuring another, local residents said.
Al Jazeera television said al Qaeda's north Africa wing, the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, claimed responsibility for the earlier truck bomb and said it was a suicide mission.
"Our martyr was able to enter into the heart of the (barracks) and set off the explosion there," said a spokesman of al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb in an audio tape.
The spokesman named the suicide attacker as Suhail Abu Malih and said more than one tonne (2,200 lb) of explosives were used.
If confirmed, the highly unusual use of a suicide bomber would be the first since a triple suicide attack killed 33 people in Algiers on April 11. Those attacks were also claimed by al Qaeda's north Africa wing.
The results of allowing the entry of a 7th century mindset into a 21st century society. No melting, and a load of problems.
Stop letting them in here. Stop hiring them. Stop kissing their demanding rear ends.
Time for the Big, One-Way Hadj.
Haneef’s wife says he should be set free, in fact no jihad shoud ever be incarcerated:
http://sheikyermami.com/2007/07/12/haneefs-wife-says-he-should-be-set-free/
Glasgow attack suspect ‘dying’
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Just for laughs:http://sheikyermami.com/2007/07/11/leno/
There's been a study done of the Jihadists. Many, many come from Algeria and North Africa...(lots of them are now in Montreal, because the Jihadists speak Fwench.) Let's not forget the Fwench as the colonizers of Algeria, etc.
Lets make it easier for them to blow up their own easier that us. Don't have anything specific just hope someone reads this in the position to make it happen.
OH! I thought of a BIG ONE.
CLOSE THE BORDERS!
It's a virtual guarantee that whenever Islam does not get its way a certain percentage of Muslims will endorse their religion reverting to a death cult until their demands are met. And those wonderful "moderates" among Muslims at such times will do precious little to dissuade their more ardent fellow believers to desist from such inhuman and despicable inclinations and actions. Muslims have always functioned this way, they are doing so now and I can discern no real reason for optimism that they will cease doing so at any time in the future. Islam is indeed a sickness of the mind. There's no cure for it except leaving it.
Muslims wouldn't do a thing like that.
Must be the Jooozzz, ooops, but no more Jooozzz in Algeria, any Quakers there? Mormons?
Yes, I'm mad as hell, Glenn Beck the other day (July 10) outlined the 3 most important issues facing the U.S. today and what the U.S Congress is NOT doing. What are these three issues?
The "..holy trinity of life-threatening problems facing our country today...[according to Glenn Beck] [1] The security of our borders. What are you doing? [2] Achieving energy independence? Where is that moon shot? And most importantly, [3] the war against terror and Islamic extremism. Everything else is bull crap, as far as I`m concerned. It`s just that simple."
About sums up the situation...
well you cant blame the Algerians making nice to Israel or fighting in Iraq to make the islamists mad at them eh! islamist is a disease of the brain and needs to be radiated like all cancers!
The Koran is the cancer.
Armed freedom is the answer.
What else is NEW??!!
"The blast in Lakhdaria village 120 km (75 miles) east of the capital in the troubled Kabylie region happened hours before the opening in Algiers of the All Africa Games, a prestigious sports event regarded as Africa's Olympics which Algeria is hosting."
....goes to show...the Islamic terrorists do not like gatherings of different people from different countries trying to become friendly or trying to spread good will...THe Islamic terrorists do not like peaceful events or fun events...the Islamic terrorists do not like smiles, laughter, or music....
....the Islamic terrorists thrive on fear, blood and scattered body parts....
...it is time the Algerian military forces went hunting in the forest....