(Reuters) Algeria hit by bombings, six dead: agency

[Eugene]

Algeria hit by bombings, six dead: agency

By Larbi Louafi and Zohra Bensemra

49 minutes ago

SI MUSTAFA, Algeria (Reuters) - Seven bombs exploded east of Algiers on Tuesday,
killing six people in apparently coordinated attacks by suspected Islamist militants,
Algeria's official APS news agency said.

Residents said four of the blasts targeted police stations.

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The official APS news agency said six people were killed in seven attacks east of the
capital Algiers but did not specify the targets.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but residents said they
suspected a group of Islamist rebels who have aligned themselves with al Qaeda and
stepped up a campaign of bombings and ambushes in recent months.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070213/ts_nm/algeria_bombs_dc_5

[Eugene]

1. Reuters: Qaeda unit claims Algeria blasts

Wednesday February 14, 12:32 AM

Qaeda unit claims Algeria blasts

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility
for the deadly bombings in Algeria on Tuesday, al Jazeera television said.

It said the group, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, made
the claim in a telephone call to its office in the Moroccan capital Rabat. "Qaeda's
organisation in the Islamic states of Maghreb adopted the bombings in Algeria," Jazeera said.

Seven bombs went off almost simultaneously in Algeria on Tuesday, killing six people east of
the capital Algiers.

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