Posted on 12/11/2007 12:00:52 PM PST by Islander7
ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) -- Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the main United Nations headquarters in the Algerian capital looking for 14 U.N. staffers missing hours after a powerful bomb ripped off the building's facade and leveled nearby U.N. offices Tuesday.
Rescuers and bomb experts search for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building.
The death toll is unclear: the official government count is at least 22, but hospital sources in Algiers told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that 62 people were killed in the two blasts. A statement from the United Nations said 45 people were reported killed.
Algerian Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni blamed a militant Islamic group with ties to al Qaeda for the attacks, which also targeted a building housing Algeria's Constitutional Council and Supreme Court.
At least five U.N. staffers were among those killed, according to U.N. spokeswoman Marie Okabe.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
“strongly worded statement”
Oh! I bet the jihadis are scared now!
“In a strongly worded statement, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned what he called “an abjectly cowardly strike against civilian officials serving humanity’s highest ideals under the U.N. banner.””
Then he curled up under his desk and sucked his thumb.
I dont have a single thing to say about this.
I bet they weren't there to begin with.................
The UN is getting hit by homicide bombers? Does this mean we should get out?
UPDATE:
“Rescuers search for bomb survivors”
updated 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) — Rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the main United Nations headquarters in the Algerian capital looking for 14 U.N. staffers missing hours after a powerful bomb ripped off the building’s facade and leveled nearby U.N. offices Tuesday.
It was one of two suspected car bombs that struck Algiers within 10 minutes of each other.
The death toll is unclear: the official government count is at least 26, but hospital sources in Algiers told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that 76 people were killed in the two blasts. A statement from the United Nations said 45 people were reported killed.
Algerian Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni blamed a militant Islamic group with ties to al Qaeda for the attacks, which also targeted a building housing Algeria’s Constitutional Council and Supreme Court.
In a posting on an Islamist Web site, the group al Qaeda Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility.
CNN could not immediately corroborate that claim, but the Web site is known to carry messages, claims and videos from al Qaeda and other militant groups.”
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