February19, 2007:
Many Algerians are demanding harsher treatment of Islamic terrorists.
Over 100,000 civilians were slaughtered by Islamic terrorists in the last
fifteen years, and people are eager to stamp out this kind of savagery. But a
large minority (over ten percent) of Algerians still support Islamic
radicalism, giving the Islamic terrorists a source of new recruits. While there
are only a few hundred actual Islamic terrorists out there, that's enough to
keep the media events coming indefinitely. But that's not enough to overthrow
the government, or much of anything else.
February
17, 2007: Moroccan police are searching for two al Qaeda terrorists believed
associated with the Algerian branch of the organization. The recent bombings in
Algeria were not popular, and the public revulsion and uproar that followed
sent the surprised terrorists running for cover. Some are believed to have fled
to Morocco.
February
15, 2007: Police raided terrorist haunts in eastern Algeria, encountered armed
terrorists, and killed 26 of them. Another three dozen were arrested. In
France, several Algerian terrorists were also arrested. Algerian al Qaeda tries
to maintain links between members in Algeria and Europe (particularly
France).
February
13, 2007: Seven bombs went off in eastern Algeria, killing six and
wounding nearly 30. The main target appeared to be the police. Al Qaeda took
credit for the attacks. This is a change for Algerian Islamic terrorists, who
in the past did not use bombs much. Instead, they slaughtered people, often
unarmed civilians were the victims. But since the GSPC Islamic terrorists of Algeria
joined al Qaeda, they have been adopting al Qaeda tactics. That means more
bombs, and less slitting throats. The victims are just as dead, but you don't,
literally and figuratively, have blood on your hands. The media treats bombs
differently than killing people up close and personal (with knives, guns and
blunt objects.) Maybe it's because with bombs, there are survivors. When the
GSPC was out slitting throats, there rarely were any survivors, and entire
families would perish. Even the most opportunistic journalists was appalled by
this sort of thing.