Islamic extremists kill 14 at roadblock in Algeria

[truthpusher]

April 8, 2005
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Islamic extremists kill 14 at roadblock in Algeria
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Islamic insurgents killed 14 people in a brutal attack outside the Algerian capital, trapping the victims at a fake roadblock, then killing them and burning their vehicles, journalists in the region said.

The Thursday-night attack occurred at Oued-Djerma in the Larbaa region some 30 kilometres southwest of the Algerian capital, the journalists said. Attackers struck just hours after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said security had "largely been re-established" after more than a decade of violence in the North African country.

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The brutality of the attack and the method recalled the bloody killings and massacres that racked Algeria starting in 1992, with violence peaking in the mid-1990s. Offensives by security forces have quashed most pockets of insurgents.

Bouteflika, marking the first anniversary Friday of his re-election to office, said in a speech a day earlier 150,000 people have been killed in the cycle of violence.

complete story: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2005/04/08/988963-ap.html