Posted on 08/02/2007 12:41:27 PM PDT by RDTF
ALGIERS, Algeria (Reuters) -- Algerian security forces have killed the mastermind of suicide bombings including a triple attack in Algiers in April that claimed 33 lives, a government-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
Rachid Sid Ali, a military adviser to the al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, was killed on July 30 in the troubled Kabylie region east of Algiers, El Moudjahid said.
He was killed along with his aide Haroun El Achaachi "thanks to the help of the local population of Iboudranene" village near Kabylie's main town of Tizi Ouzou, the daily added, citing a security source.
Attacks plotted by Sid Ali include suicide car bombings at the government headquarters and two police stations in Algiers on April 11 which killed 33 people, and a suicide truck bombing on July 11 that killed at least eight soldiers at a military barracks in Kabylie.
"He supervised the entire operations and gave instructions to film attacks, and he was behind the acquisition of car bombs. He had plans for large-scale attacks," the newspaper reported.
Al Qaeda in the Maghreb, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), swore allegiance to al Qaeda last year and last month vowed more attacks in the Maghreb region of Algeria.
Algerian security forces have stepped up assaults on al Qaeda hideouts after the group switched its focus to high profile bombings in towns and away from hit-and-run attacks on police in the countryside.
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Pobably some nice Irish Catholic boy.....
Nah.. just a crazy Mormon from Salt Lake City.
Scratch another one from your dance card.
Great!
But there was no al-Qaeda in Algeria before we invaded... umm... Iraq?
Don’t ya hate when they use the term “MASTERMIND”! Like the idiot was smart or something. How much smarts does it take to tell a 13 yr old that by wearing this “special” coat, and pushing this button over by those guys, you will get to sleep with women!
Ahhhhh, music to my ears. Another deadbeat off the face of the earth. Think he’s with 72 virgins? I rather think he’s with evil deep into the bowels of the farthest reaches of burning hell. NO virgins there ... too bad.
Just in the last couple of weeks:
Algiers Attacks Mastermind Killed
GSPC Leader in South Algeria Surrenders
Algerian Military Kills 22 Al-Qaeda Militants
Algerian Security Forces Reportedly Kill A Top Islamic Insurgent
Five AQ Suspect Arrested in an Internet Cafe
Leader of al-Queda in Morocco surrenders to authorities
And not only that, our diversion to Algeria is greatly hampering our efforts in Afghanistan and in catching Bin Laden.
On my anniversary, no less! /sarc
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