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Al Qaeda
Tally in Algiers Attacks Uncertain
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Al Qaeda
Spectre of civil war returns as al-Qaeda suicide bombings kill 67
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Al Qaeda
Rescuers search debris after Qaeda blast in Algeria
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Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed credit for the dual suicide attacks against the Constitutional Council and the UNHCR building that killed over 47, including 12 UN employees. “This is another successful conquest … carried out by the Knights of the Faith with their blood in defence of the wounded nation of Islam.”
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Al Qaeda hits UN offices, courts, police station in Algiers
47 killed, including 10 UN staff members in coordinated car bomb attacks in the Algerian capital. All signs point to an al Qaeda strike.
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Al Qaeda
Algerians to be released from Guantanamo Bay prison
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Algeria
Security forces arrested Bouderbala Fateh, the head of the Algiers branch of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and two associates. Almost 2 tons of explosives, detonators, and two schoolgirl’s backpacks rigged to detonate were recovered during the raid. Two members of al Qaeda were convicted in absentia for the murder of a prison guard.
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Algeria
Algerian security forces killed Yahia Abu al Haytham, a leader in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, at a checkpoint in Tizi Ouzou province. Haytham, also known as Abdelhamid Saadaoui, was the leader of the al Ansar brigade in the Kabilian region as well as an al Qaeda financier. Haytham was a carryover from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which merged into al Qaeda last summer.
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Al Qaeda
Algeria: suicide bomber recruiter sentenced to five years prison
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Al Qaeda
Jihad has failed, former Libyan Islamist tells al-Qaeda
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Algeria
Abu Abderahmane, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s propaganda distributor, surrendered to police after stating, “I felt guilty, and I regret what I was doing.” Abderahmane supplied CDs, videotapes, and online documentation to Al Jazeera’s offices in Morocco and Doha.
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Libyan Islamic Fighting Group joins al Qaeda
The North African based terror group officially is welcomed into the al Qaeda fold by Ayman al Zawahri and al Qaeda in Afghanistan commander Abu Laith al Libi.
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Al Qaeda
Algeria: terror support cell dismantled
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Al Qaeda
Recasting Jihad in the Maghreb
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Algeria
The Algerian security forces killed 15 al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb fighters and captured seven during fighting over the past seven days. The fighting occurred on the Tunisian border and uncovered several hideouts and large weapons caches.
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Algeria
The New Battle of Algiers
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Algeria
Security forces stopped an attack by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on three bases in Tizi Ouzou province east of Algiers. Three al Qaeda were killed and bomb factories were discovered. Security forces arrested 14 al Qaeda west of the capital.
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Algeria
Security forces killed Hareg Zoheir, aka Sofiane Abu Fasila, along with two operatives. Zoheir is believed to be the second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and planned many of the suicide bombings in Algeria. Twenty-two al Qaeda operatives were killed near the cities of Biskra and Batna.
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Algeria
Eight soldiers and four terrorists were killed during fighting in eastern Algeria. The army killed a suicide bomber in the province of Tizi Ouzou earlier this week. The foreign minister said “foreign military bases on Algerian soil are not on the agenda.” French nationals are leaving Algeria after al Qaeda threats to attack foreigners.
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Algeria
Hassan Hattab, the founder of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, the precursor to al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, surrendered to police with the hope of reconciling. Algerian soldiers killed 22 al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb foot soldiers in two separate ambushes.
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Al Qaeda
Algeria, France coordinate against al Qaeda threats
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Al Qaeda
Algeria: Terror plot foiled in north
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Algeria
Suicide blast ‘mastermind™ among 11 killed in Algeria
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Algeria
Algerian security forces kill four militants, arrest three others
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Algeria
Two Algerian soldiers killed, four injured in southeast Algiers
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Al Qaeda
Algerians hold anti-terror protests after attacks
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Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the two suicide attacks in Algeria over the past week. The first attack targeted the Algerian president while the second attack targeted a coast guard barracks. At least 69 were killed and 154 were wounded in the suicide bombings.
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Algeria
A car bomb targeting a naval barracks in the coastal town of Dellys in eastern Algeria killed upwards of 16. This is the second major bombing in Algeria in three days, with an attempted suicide attack against Algeria’s president in Batna on September 6.
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Algeria
A suicide bomber struck in the town of Batna just prior to the arrival of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Fifteen were killed and 70 wounded in the attack. The suicide bomber detonated his vest after being detected by members of the crowd awaiting to see the president.
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Al Qaeda
Algeria: 5 injured by bomb targeting police patrol
