GSPC which is now named Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb perpetrated today six near simultaneous attacks in Kabylia in a twenty-mile radius. According to government figures, six people died and 13 were injured. The targets were police stations. It is one of the most spectacular wave of attacks orchestrated by the GSPC. It has also the hallmarks of Al Qaeda.
Furthermore, an official statement of Al-Qaïda has just claimed responsibility for the “Raid of Abou Al Baraa” and evokes 140 victims, including dead and wounded. The official statement which circulates on islamist sites close to Al-Qaïda congratulates the "brave mujahideen" for having hit a hard blow to the Algerian “impious” and its agents. It specifies that six booby-trapped cars, remote-controlled entirely destroyed police stations while saving the Muslim population. Al Qaeda in the Maghreb confirmed it is committed continuing the jihad until “the eradication of the traitors and the allies of the Crusaders and the Jews."
For the past few days the Algerian army has used thousands of soldiers heavily armed to comb that region in search of GSPC terrorists. This is response to four attacks over the weekend. Just in January, over 30 people died in terror related attacks in Algeria.
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The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat is a militant Sunni Islamist group which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state. It is Wahhabist, although its members prefer to call themselves Salafis. The group has declared its intention to attack Algerian, French, and American targets. It has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State, and similarly classed as a terrorist organization by the European Union.
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