http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/algeria/ en-us Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084064/posts The European Union, increasingly anxious to reduce its dependence on Russian gas following the conflict in Georgia, has offered Nigeria financial and political backing for a €15bn ($21bn, £12bn) trans-Saharan pipeline to pump its gas directly to Europe. Renewed European interest in the project comes against a backdrop of mounting fears that Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, is intent on winning access to Nigeria's vast gas reserves as part of a strategy to tighten its grip on energy supplies to Europe. Gazprom, which has also offered to back the planned 4,300km pipeline, appeared to steal a march on its European... ft.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084064/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078144/posts IN GENERAL Tears of Jihad These figures area rough estimate of the death of non-Muslims by the political act of jihad.AfricaThomas Sowell [Thomas Sowell, Race and Culture, BasicBooks, 1994, p. 188] estimates that 11 million slaves were shipped across the Atlantic and 14 million were sent to the Islamic nations of North Africa and the Middle East. For every slave captured many others died. Estimates of this collateral damage vary. The renowned missionary David Livingstone estimated that for every slave who reached a plantation, five others were killed in the initial raid or died of illness and privation on the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078144/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076949/posts The President returned from Camp David on Saturday and hosted a Tee Ball game on Sunday. The Vice President concluded his overseas trip with meetings in Italy on Saturday and Sunday and has now boarded AF2 for what I presume is the flight back to the US. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Sunday a three-day visit to North Africa, including Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco Pray for President Bush - Day - 2916 & McCain/Palin - Day - 10 Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island www.yahoo.com/news www.whitehouse.gov/news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076949/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:52:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076343/posts ALGIERS, Algeria - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held meetings Saturday with terrorism-fighting allies in North Africa, a region of growing strategic importance. After talks with Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci in this vital oil- and gas-producing nation, Rice planned to see President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Her visit comes as Algeria has experienced a surge in terrorist attacks, most claimed by a local extremist group that has linked with al-Qaida. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076343/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:20:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072526/posts Britain's 200-year jihadOn my travels for the past few days, I have been reading a book which tells the story of a quite astonishing part of British history of which I was previously unaware. In 'White Gold', Giles Milton records the appalling details -- gleaned,it appears, from a wealth of historical documents including diaries and letters -- of a seaborne Islamic jihad against Britain which lasted for no less than two centuries. From the early seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, thousands of British men women and children were kidnapped by Arab corsairs and sold into slavery in Morocco where they... melaniephillipes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2072526/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071734/posts ALGIERS (AFP) - An Algerian man has spurned his wife for fantasising about an affair with the star of a Turkish soap opera which has riveted audiences here all summer, the Arab daily Ech-chourrouk reported Saturday. The 40-year-old man reportedly demanded a divorce after his wife confided in a neighbour that she would like to have an affair "if only in her dreams" with Mohannad, hero of the soap "Nour." The serial, which is dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by the Saudi satellite television MBC, has attracted a huge following, to the extent that Algerian women refuse to leave their... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071734/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:18:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067673/posts The Algerian military killed 10 suspected Islamist militants in a gunbattle Sunday in western Algeria, the government said. The army sweep followed a week of bombings claimed by the local branch of al-Qaida that killed at least 60 people in this North African country. "The 10 terrorists were shot down during an operation by the national army," said a brief statement from the Interior Ministry carried by the official APS news agency. The clash occurred near Tarek Ibn Ziad, 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of Algiers, the capital, it said. IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067673/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065168/posts 12 killed in new Algeria bomb attacks AFP ALGIERS (AFP) — Two car bomb attacks in eastern Algeria killed at least 12 people, state radio and a Canadian employer reported Wednesday with the country ... afp... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065168/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064307/posts Suicide Attack in Algeria Kills Dozens By Ricci Shryock Dakar 19 August 2008 Shryock report - Download (MP3) Shryock report - Listen (MP3) Algeria's Interior Ministry says a suicide car bombing in front of a police school near Algiers has killed more than 40 people and injured dozens more. Ricci Shryock has more from our West Africa regional bureau in Dakar. Gendarmes stand at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Issers, 60 kms east of Algiers, 19 Aug 2008 Young Algerians were waiting in line to register at the local police academy when a suicide car bomb exploded... voa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064307/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055031/posts Pentagon Makes Fighting Extremism Top Priority Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon on Thursday officially named "the long war" against global extremism as its top priority and pledged to avert any conventional military threat from China or Russia through dialogue. The Defense Department, in a new national defense strategy, also emphasized the need to subordinate military operations to "soft power" initiatives to undermine Islamist militancy by promoting economic, political and social development in vulnerable corners of the world. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped the change would help establish permanent institutional support for counterinsurgency skills... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055031/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051013/posts MOSCOW - Russian strategic bombers may soon be deployed at airbases in Cuba, Venezuela and Algeria as a response to the U.S. missile shield in Europe and NATO's expansion, Russian daily Izvestia said on Thursday. Moscow has strongly opposed the possible deployment by the U.S. of 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and an accompanying tracking radar in the Czech RFepublic as a treat to its national security. Washington says the defenses are needed to deter a possible strike from Iran, or other "rogue" states... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051013/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040614/posts After being yanked from a bus just outside of her hometown in Algeria, 35-year-old Habiba Kouider was searched and questioned about her faith. When police found several Bibles and books about Christianity, they detained the Christian convert for 24 hours and brought her before a state prosecutor. The official gave her two options: Convert back to Islam or face charges. Kouider now faces three years in prison for "practicing non-Muslim religious rites without a license." She is one among dozens of believers arrested this year on religious grounds. Many Christians fear ominous times are ahead for Christians in Algeria, a... World Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040614/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:16:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036384/posts France has signed a far-reaching nuclear agreement with its former colony Algeria. President Nicolas Sarkozy is committed to improving co-operation between Mediterranean countries and the European Union. However, not everyone is happy about Paris' attempts to find favour with Algeria. 'A memorandum of trust' is how French Prime Minister François Fillon described the agreement that he signed last weekend. The French prime minister was in Algiers to persuade Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to take part in the Mediterranean Union, a project that is dear to President Sarkozy's heart. The organisation aims to boost ties between the European Union and nations... Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036384/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035467/posts ALGIERS — First, Abdel Malek Outas’s teachers taught him to write math equations in Arabic, and embrace Islam and the Arab world. Then they told him to write in Latin letters that are no longer branded unpatriotic, and open his mind to the West. Malek is 19, and he is confused. “When we were in middle school we studied only in Arabic,” he said. “When we went to high school, they changed the program, and a lot is in French. Sometimes, we don’t even understand what we are writing.” The confusion has bled off the pages of his math book... The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035467/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028744/posts Algeria Muslim body slams Christian evangelistsSun 1 Jun 2008, 7:22 GMTALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria hit back on Saturday at foreign accusations minority Christians are harassed, saying Protestant evangelicals were secretly trying to divide Algerians to colonise the mainly Muslim north African country.http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN130142.html   The Rising Threat of Revolutionary Islam in Algeria A radical Islamic victory in Algeria would pose significant long-term threats to US interests in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Muslim world ...http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/BG1060.cfm   2 bombings near Algerian capital wound 6 peopleThe Associated Press - Jun 4, 2008Algeria's Islamic militants have mounted increasing attacks over the past... reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028744/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026760/posts The mountains of northern Algeria have long sheltered outlaws, but it's not just rugged terrain that draws Al-Qaeda to ravines and forests. The local Berber people's alienation from the Arab-dominated government of the OPEC member makes the steep slopes of Kabylie a congenial base for the toughest rebel force in north Africa. That reality means blind eyes are sometimes turned to the guerrilla outsiders' presence by a population that shares little of their religious fundamentalist ideology. Diplomats say the resulting denial of intelligence to the state poses a transnational security threat that extends from Kabylie, just 90 minutes' drive east... Middle East Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026760/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026677/posts Algiers, Jun 4, 2008 / 09:26 pm (CNA).- Four Algerian citizens who converted to Christianity have been condemned to prison and heavy fines, while two others were set free after renouncing their conversion.  According to the AFP, the defense lawyer said the four were charged with “illegally practicing a non-Muslim faith.”Attorney Khelloudja Khalfoun said one of the converts was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $3,087, while the other three were sentenced to two months in prison and fined $1,544 each.  The four converts, who were condemned by a correctional court in Tiaret, refused to deny their... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026677/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:56:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024207/posts Christian churches in Algeria are under massive attack. Within the last six months, Algerian authorities have closed half of the Protestant churches in the country. If the trend continues, the Algerian Protestant church will be non-existent by the end of 2008. Algerian officials have closed 26 Algerian churches by either written order or verbal warning since November 2007. Ranging in size from several dozen to more than 1,000 members, 32 congregations in Algeria belong to the Protestant Church of Algeria, while another 20 small fellowships exist independently. Algeria, a country of 33 million in northern Africa, is home to at... Open Doors http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024207/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023845/posts Two years after Algeria enacted a troubling religious law, Christians in the North African nation are facing an unprecedented clampdown, with churches being closed, suspected missionaries put on trial, and Muslim figures warning of devious plans to lure Algerians away from Islam. The 2006 law, known as Ordinance 06-03, outlaws anything that "incites, constrains, or utilizes means of seduction" to influence a Muslim to convert to another religion. It also bans the publication, distribution or storing of printed material that has the goal of "shaking the faith" of a Muslim. Punishments include imprisonment of up to five years and fines... Crosswalk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023845/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 02:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021625/posts ALGER, Algeria, MAY 26, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appointed Father Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader of the clergy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Algeria.Archbishop-designate Bader, 56, succeeds Archbishop Henri Teissier, 78.The new archbishop brings with him ample experience in interreligious dialogue with Islam. Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was born in 1951 in Jordan. He was ordained in 1975.In 1979, he completed a first doctorate in civil law at the University of Damascus and in the 1980s he completed two more doctorates in Rome, one in philosophy and one in canon law, at the Pontifical Lateran... ZNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021625/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 22:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 22:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017832/posts BERIANE, Algeria (Reuters) - Hundreds of Algerian security forces were deployed in the town of Beriane on Sunday to try to end three nights of clashes between Arabs and minority Berbers, the worst urban unrest in the OPEC producer in months. Residents said two people, including a 67-year-old, man have been killed and dozens made homeless since the disturbances involving rival gangs of hooded young men broke out in this north Saharan town of about 35,000 on Thursday evening. "They burn our houses, steal and kill. The hatred has made them blind," Slimane Baaziz, 51, a member of the Mozabite... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017832/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 23:36:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009694/posts Algerian immigrants who drown in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe should be considered 'martyrs', according to a prominent imam. According to the local daily, Ennahar, Sheikh Shamsedin Bourubi issued a fatwa, or religious edict, on Monday saying that the Muslim faithful should pray for their souls. "The immigrants who leave Algeria by sea in a bid to reach Europe and die by drowning in the Mediterannean are 'martyrs' and are not committing suicide," he said. "So it is legal to conduct funeral prayers for their souls." The Bourubi's fatwa appears to contradict a preceding fatwa issued by... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009694/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 14:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005619/posts COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Danish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it has evacuated its staff from embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan because of threats after newspapers reprinted a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Embassy employees have been moved to secret locations in both countries' capitals but continue to work, Foreign Ministry spokesman Erik Laursen said. The announcement comes after Danish intelligence officials warned of an "aggravated" terror threat against Denmark since newspapers in the country in February of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The warning specifically singled out North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The threat... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005619/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:53:19 GMT