http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/algeria/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:05:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412855/posts Mauritania government has increased security for tourists in the country following the abductions last week of two Italian tourists near the border with Mali. Sergio Cicala and his wife Philomene Kabouree were kidnapped in an area of Mauritania where armed groups with links to Al-Qaeda are known to operate, diplomats said. There are suspicions the couple may have been smuggled into neighbouring Mali. "After these new kidnappings, it has been decided to adopt all necessary measures to ensure the personal security of foreigners in our country," the government said, quoted on Monday by pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-Arabi. It was the... ADNKRONOS.com - AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412855/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402515/posts RABAT // One week it was Biskra, the next Annaba, and, simultaneously, Algiers: in towns and cities across Algeria, crowds of the poor and unemployed are hitting the streets in rough-and-tumble demonstrations demanding change from a government they feel is not listening. the national http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402515/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398019/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-ag-1289.html Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 1, 2009 United States Transfers a Guantanamo Bay Detainee to France WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the government of France. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of this case. As a result of that review, the detainee was approved for transfer from Guantanamo Bay. In accordance... U.S. DOJ.gov (2 press releases) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398019/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395768/posts Russia has completed delivery of 28 Su-30MKA fighters to Algeria. These were ordered three years ago. Algeria has also bought 22 Su-24 bombers and six Il-78 aerial tankers. There was also a purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters, but this turned into a major scandal. Russian prosecutors recently tried and convicted several aviation company executives for passing off defective, or used, aircraft parts as new. Many of these parts made their way into MiG-29 jet fighters that were sold to Algeria. Two years ago, Algeria told Russia that it was cancelling the 2007 purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters (for $1.3 billion),... Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395768/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387747/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Travel Warning United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Washington, DC 20520 This information is current as of today, Mon Nov 16 2009 14:36:47 GMT-0800 (PST). ALGERIA November 16, 2009 The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Algeria. This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Algeria and the continuing threat posed by terrorism. This replaces the Travel Warning dated March 3, 2009. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens who travel to Algeria to evaluate carefully the risks posed to their personal... Travel.State.Gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387747/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386374/posts REUTERS - Three players from Algeria’s national football team were slightly hurt on Thursday when youths stoned their bus as they arrived in Cairo for a World Cup qualifier against Egypt, Algerian state radio reported. Algeria’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing its “consternation” at the attack, which came two days before the match to decide which of the two teams will take part in the World Cup finals in South Africa next year. A reporter for Algerian state radio said that about 200 young people appeared just as the bus arrived at the team hotel and launched a hail... France24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386374/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360665/posts Living With Osama bin Laden: First Wife Tells of Husband's Bid To Train His Sons As Suicide Bombers Daily Mail Reporter 12th October 2009 Osama bin Laden was a tyrant who trained his own children to be suicide bombers and murdered their pets, his first wife has revealed. In a new book about her time living with bin Laden, Najwa Ghanem has told how she gave birth to 11 of his 14 children because bin Laden said that Islam needed many warriors. And millionaire bin Laden would not allow any modern appliances in his home, even refusing his son medicine... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360665/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361103/posts A French physicist with the European atomic research centre near Geneva was charged with terrorism offences by a Paris judge last night after investigators said that he offered to work with the North African branch of al-Qaeda. Adlène Hicheur, 32, who is of Algerian origin, was arrested last week with his younger brother after intelligence agents intercepted his alleged internet contacts with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The physicist, who works at the giant atomic collider at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), which straddles Swiss and French territory, told the Islamic group that he was interested in committing an... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361103/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360544/posts Algeria cancels weapons deal over Israeli parts Algerian newspaper quotes senior source as saying air force called off major weapons deal with France when manufacturers failed to guarantee equipment does not include components made in Israel Doron Peskin Published: 10.12.09, 12:17 An Algerian newspaper claimed that the North African nation's air force cancelled a major weapons deal with France after the French manufacturers were unwilling to guarantee that the equipment to be provided does not include any components made in Israel. The el-Khabar newspaper quoted a senior Algerian source as saying the deal would not be executed due to the... Ynet News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360544/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:16:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355747/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Major Executive Speeches Robert S. Mueller, III Director Federal Bureau of Investigation International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference Denver, Colorado October 5, 2009 Good morning. As always, it is good to be here. I have been coming to the IACP since 2001. Year after year, I look out at all of you, and I ask myself the same question. Could I handle the challenges you face, day after day? Could I do the jobs you do with the same success? And the answer is no, for one simple reason: I could... FBI.gov - Press Release - Speech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355747/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341389/posts Sweden’s Aftonbladet started it. The fact that both the article’s author and the paper’s editor already admitted they had no corroborating evidence meant little to “antiZionists”. Now the libel is spreading, like wildfire, throughout Islamic lands. The Bangladeshi Weekly Blitz reports: The anti-Semitic blogosphere as well as many Arab and Muslim media outlets are abuzz these days with accusations of an international Jewish conspiracy to kidnap Algerian children and harvest their organs. Unlike the multiple conspiracy theories about Jews circulating among radical fringe organizations online, this one seems to be gaining momentum on mainstream Arab and Muslim Web sites. According... Freedom's Cost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341389/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309398/posts Algiers tense after clashes with Chinese traders by Abdellah Cheballah Wed Aug 5, 10:02 pm ET ALGIERS (AFP) – The streets of Algiers are deserted following clashes between Chinese and Algerian traders, but the tension is palpable despite comments by Beijing's envoy describing the unrest as an isolated incident. "I thought I was going to die," said Abdelkrim Salaouda, sitting on a chair in front of his shop selling household electrical goods in the city's Bab Ezzouar quarter, 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the city centre. According to Salaouda, the clashes broke out over a dispute on Monday afternoon between... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309398/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 05:32:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295588/posts Middle East navies eye new submarines TEHRAN, July 17 (UPI) -- Submarine warfare seems to be in vogue in the Middle East these days, with Israel leading the way. Iran, Algeria and Egypt are also planning to acquire new submarines that could operate in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Israel's surprise deployment of one of its German-built Dolphin boats, the 1,500-ton Leviathan, in the Red Sea in late June underscored the regional trend. The Type-800 boat's highly visible transit from the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea was widely seen... United Press International (UPI) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295588/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:38:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292908/posts URUMQI, China (AP) — China's embassy in Algeria has warned Chinese companies and workers to be on guard for attacks after an Islamist Web site called for retaliation for Beijing's response to unrest in its predominantly Muslim western province. A notice posted late Tuesday on the embassy's Web site follows a torrent of ethnic clashes this month that left at least 184 dead in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi. Riots by Muslim Uighurs and subsequent fighting between Uighurs and members of the Han Chinese majority were the worst ethnic violence China has seen in decades. "In light of the (riots), the... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292908/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291283/posts Note: The following news brief is a quote: Police dismantle Algiers terror cell 12/07/2009 Algerian anti-terror units on Saturday (July 11th) dismantled a terror cell and arrested nine people, including several women, in the eastern Algiers suburbs of Bordj El Kiffan and Kouba, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. A suspect arrested as part of the investigation into al-Qaeda's El Fateh brigade in Algiers provided key information. According to security sources, the network had being submitting information to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on the movement and the organisation of security services in Algiers. MAGHAREBIA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291283/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284148/posts Algeria has created its first official Jewish association, which will be headed by a prominent Algerian Jewish lawyer. The establishment of the association is in accordance with a 2006 law on non-Muslim religions, which mandated that all non-Muslim religions should have representation from accredited associations. Mohamed Fellahi, the Algerian minister for Religious Affairs, appointed Roger Saïd, a lawyer from the Bilda region, to act as the representative of the Jewish community in a religious and cultural capacity. In Algeria, Jews are scarce and difficult to account for. There are no official records on the number of Jews living in the... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284148/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:44:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247742/posts SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON: The family of an Algerian national held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo for seven years is delighted he is due to arrive in France next week to start a new life. Lakhdar Boumediene, 42, would be the first non-French citizen from Guantanamo to be taken in by France since President Barack Obama pledged to shut down the prison camp when he took office in January. “I cannot hide the fact I am really happy. Soon, he is going to be freed,” his wife Abassia Bouadjimi told AFP Wednesday from Algeria. “He really is keen to be... (AGENCE FRANCE PRESS - AFP) via DAILY STAR.com.lb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247742/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 22:14:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247672/posts Former terror chiefs have called on Al Qaeda-linked insurgents battling Algerian authorities to lay down their arms and benefit from a pardon, media reported Saturday. Authorities are trying to persuade an estimated 500 active militants linked to Al Qaeda to lay down their arms. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika hinted repeatedly during his re-election campaign last month that he would consider a general amnesty for those renouncing violence. The three were formerly members of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, or GSPC, one of the armed factions that battled Algerian authorities in the 1990s. Up to an estimated 200,000 people have... Fox Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247672/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 19:33:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239168/posts Moshe Hassan's father knew the process of aliya inside and out. "My father tried to come here from Tunis in 1946, but was caught by the British and sent to Cyprus," Hassan told The Jerusalem Post by telephone on Sunday. "He was put in a camp there, and that's where he met my mother. They immigrated to Israel in 1948." They settled in Beit Hagadi, a religious moshav next to Netivot, but the elder Hassan would spend little time in his new country. Asked by the Jewish Agency to help bring Moroccan Jews on aliya, Ya'acov Hassan returned to North... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239168/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:50:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239135/posts The following news brief is a quote: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2009/04/26/newsbrief-02 Algerian, Moroccan stowaways arrested in Canada 26/04/2009 Authorities in the Canadian port of Halifax found five Moroccan and two Algerian illegal immigrants hiding on a Swedish cargo ship arriving from Antwerp, Belgium, Echorouk reported on Saturday (April 25th). The stowaways, all young men in their twenties, were taken into custody on Thursday night. Border officials are conducting interviews to determine whether to deport them or allow them to begin a refugee claim process, Canadian press reported. MAGHAREBIA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239135/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:21:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238841/posts Al-Qaeda’s North African arm has threatened to kill a British hostage within 20 days unless Britain releases the extremist cleric Abu Qatada from a maximum security jail. In a message posted on a well-known jihadist website, the group demanded the release of the Palestinian preacher in return for that of a British hostage captured this year. Freedom's Cost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238841/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234957/posts The locals in the mountain village of Ait Hidja still speak of the night six months ago when members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) decapitated a prison warden and set fire to his car. “The night they cut his head there was such terror in the village,” says Ahcene Idja, an unemployed university graduate. “Then they kidnapped a man and held him hostage until his family paid ransom.” The now-abandoned stone cottage where the killing took place stands on a country road rising from the valley to the village. The burnt hulk of the car lies in the... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234957/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211232/posts Algeria, The north African nation already has more than 10, 000 women police officers and is swelling the ranks even more. Another 177 women officers have just graduated to a force where they make up almost eight per cent, the largest female police contingent in the Arab world. Category: Pets & Animals MiddleEastNews via YouTube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211232/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200315/posts Here, in the courtyard of an ancient convent, the Wall of the Disappeared lists the names of some 2,700 “pieds noirs” — black feet, as the white French former colonists in Algeria were called. Pieds noirs (the term’s origins are obscure, but perhaps had something to do with black boots) mostly emigrated originally from Spain, Italy, Germany, Malta and other European countries, often as laborers and farmers. They became French citizens during the 130-odd years Algeria was under France’s thumb. Then during the chaotic weeks and months after France, under Charles de Gaulle, ended its colonial war with Algerian nationalists... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200315/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189422/posts Al-Qaida's North Africa branch claimed Wednesday it is holding hostage a senior U.N. peace envoy, his aide and four tourists kidnapped in the Sahara Desert in recent weeks. "We announce to the general public that the mujahideen (holy warriors) reserve the right to deal with the six kidnapped according to Islamic Shariah law," the al-Qaida group said in a statement posted Wednesday ... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189422/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:00:54 GMT