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Thanks to a Special Freepmailer for pointing to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938008/posts

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/11/algeria.blast/index.html

“Rescuers search for bomb survivors”

updated 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) — Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the main United Nations headquarters in the Algerian capital looking for 14 U.N. staffers missing hours after a powerful bomb ripped off the building’s facade and leveled nearby U.N. offices Tuesday.
It was one of two suspected car bombs that struck Algiers within 10 minutes of each other.

The death toll is unclear: the official government count is at least 26, but hospital sources in Algiers told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that 76 people were killed in the two blasts. A statement from the United Nations said 45 people were reported killed.

Algerian Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni blamed a militant Islamic group with ties to al Qaeda for the attacks, which also targeted a building housing Algeria’s Constitutional Council and Supreme Court.

In a posting on an Islamist Web site, the group al Qaeda Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility.

CNN could not immediately corroborate that claim, but the Web site is known to carry messages, claims and videos from al Qaeda and other militant groups.”

19 posted on 12/11/2007 2:27:07 PM PST by Cindy

Note: The following news brief - snippet - is a quote:

http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/14825477/detail.html

BREAKING NEWS: 6 Teens Shot Exiting School Bus
Metro Searching For Teen Shooter Near Elementary
POSTED: 2:03 pm PST December 11, 2007
UPDATED: 3:06 pm PST December 11, 2007

LAS VEGAS — Metro police are searching for a teen boy after six students were shot at a bus stop.
The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. Tuesday near Walnut and Alexander roads.
Students said they were exiting a school bus from Mohave High School when one teen shot six to 10 rounds at fellow riders. One girl and five boys were injured, two of whom were shot the leg and one in the stomach.

Thanks for this thread.

I didn’t even know about this attack today. I missed it on the main forum, and I ddn’t hear a word about it on the Evening News either.

The Islamic fanatics always get stirred up around the Christian holydays. I hope this does not spread to other African countries.

Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the main United Nations headquarters in the Algerian capital looking for 14 U.N. staffers missing hours after a powerful bomb ripped off the building’s facade and leveled nearby U.N. offices Tuesday.

First off - the day of the month was the 11th, sound familiar? Second, the folks at the counterterrorism blog remind us that on November 3, Al Qaeda's number 2 Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri called for attacks on Western interests throughout North Africa, and called for the overthrow of leaders of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The potential targeting of Algeria linked to France's swing to the right and calling terror - terror. Perhaps we've been too focused on the US to recognize that AQ is seeking to strike what they believe is a more defeatable opponent at this time to regain momentum.

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/al_qaeda_and_north_africa.php