Police dismantle Algiers terror cell

12/07/2009

Algerian anti-terror units on Saturday (July 11th) dismantled a terror cell and arrested nine people, including several women, in the eastern Algiers suburbs of Bordj El Kiffan and Kouba, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. A suspect arrested as part of the investigation into al-Qaeda's El Fateh brigade in Algiers provided key information. According to security sources, the network had being submitting information to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on the movement and the organisation of security services in Algiers.

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SIMO Posted 2009-07-13

Here is a tip for the Algerian army: Tindouf is a camping grounds for a large number of lawless terrorists. The separatist camps constitute a back-up base for all the region's terrorist movements and represent a deadly threat to all the countries of the Maghreb - beginning with Algeria. A word to the wise!

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