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Text of unattributed article headlined "Benhadj at the US embassy - He wanted to demonstrate solidarity with Hezbollah", published by Algerian newspaper Liberte website on 1 August Ali Benhadj is making headlines again. Yesterday afternoon, the former imam [and second-in-command] of the banned FIS [Islamic Salvation Front] tried to break through a police cordon thrown around the US embassy in Algiers, in order to demonstrate his solidarity with Lebanon. He was arrested later. Benhadj, who is doing everything and anything to draw attention to himself, is certainly nostalgic about the huge Islamist demonstrations, such as the one held in 1991...

The Algerian Connection Why did Saddam financially support an al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria? by Thomas Joscelyn 08/03/2005 12:00:00 AM LATE LAST MONTH an Algerian-born terrorist named Ahmed Ressam received a commuted sentence of 22 years (prosecutors had recommended 35 years) in prison for his role in planning to blow up the Los Angeles airport. His sentence infuriated many since his involvement in the plot against LAX was immediately transparent. After all, he was captured in December 1999 after driving off a ferry from British Columbia in a vehicle laden with bomb-making explosives. Ressam received a commuted sentence after providing...