Tunisia and Algeria: Borderland bogeymen
Source: The Economist
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-05-09 10:00:29 -0700 | disasters-news
Tunisian authorities last year resurfaced a track leading up the Chambi mountain that boasts the country's highest peak. Now it seems that its wooded slopes, not far from the town of Kasserine, south-west of Tunis and close to the border...
Demonstrators against the Hijab
Posted by: fibonnaci
Banī Şāf :: Algeria | updated 2013-03-23 03:04:29 -0700 | disasters-news
Covered in white from head to toe, with their faces partially covered with embroidered triangular scarves, there marched Algerian women through the capital Algiers on Thursday in a demonstration to defend their traditional Islamic dress. - 'We will get rid...
Easy Solution to import Canon Vixia HF R30 1080i AVCHD to iMovie'11 Editing
Posted by: jssqlsia
al Blīdah :: Algeria | updated 2013-02-19 21:41:09 -0800 | disasters-news
The Canon Vixia HF R30, with its 8GB of internal memory and WiFi functions, is the middle child of Canon’s HF R series of camcorders. The low-end HF R300 has no internal memory or WiFi, while the top-line HF R32...
Two Killed in Algerian ATTack on Pipeline - YouTube
Posted by: fibonnaci
Laghouat :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-31 14:57:54 -0800 | disasters-news
The two killed to be security guards who worked to guard a pipeline in the city Djebahia, 125 kilometers southeast of the capital Algiers. The guards must have been in his camp when armed Islamists attacked late Sunday night. According...
Mistakes Were Made in Algeria Hostage Tragedy - YouTube
Posted by: fibonnaci
Amīr 'Abd al Qadar :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-30 09:56:03 -0800 | disasters-news
Algeria admits error hostage action We are in the process of evaluating our mistakes, says Medelci according to 2 He also stressed that the Algerian authorities succeeded in the operation that led to the terrorist attack was stopped. -Words alone...
Militant leader claims bloody Algerian raid responsibility through video
Posted by: nicanorr
Amīzūr :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-29 09:38:01 -0800 | disasters-news
A video has been posted January 21, 2013 in the internet allegedly claiming responsibility for the bloody Algerian siege last week, where 37 foreigners of 8 nationalities were massacred. The terrorist talking and visible in the video is no less...
8 Filipinos among death toll of Algerian siege
Posted by: nicanorr
Amīzūr :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-28 05:59:35 -0800 | disasters-news
According to the Algerian government, 37 foreigners of 8 different nationalities and an Algerian were killed in the 4-day siege last week, ending on Saturday in a rescue operation by security forces, who captured 3 of the suspects. Here’s the...
Hostage in Algeria: 37 foreigners killed, 5 still missing
Posted by: rsa76
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-03-12 17:09:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Thirty-seven foreigners and an Algerian were killed, including a large portion of a bullet in the head during the attack and hostage conducted on site gas southeast of Algeria a commando Islamist party Mali, announced Monday the Algerian Prime Minister....
Algeria siege: 37 foreign hostages killed, five missing
Posted by: Robert Weller
Adrār :: Algeria | updated 2013-05-31 02:18:08 -0700 | disasters-news
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal says 37 foreign hostages were killed in the al-Qaida terrorist attack that ended Sunday. Five foreign hostages were missing. Sellal spoke at a media conference Monday, Al Jazeera said. "Militants who seized an Algerian gas...
Death toll in Algeria gas plant hostage crisis touches the 80 mark – still rising
Posted by: prabirghose
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-24 08:35:22 -0800 | disasters-news
The hostage crisis in the gas plant in Algeria has ended but, even now, the death toll remains a mystery – so far 80 deaths have been confirmed and the toll could rise as the search continues in the complex...
Algerian hostage crisis: Death toll could rise
Posted by: Eileen Kersey
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-04-02 11:26:09 -0700 | disasters-news
A final assault, Saturday, on the In Amenas gas compound in the Saharan Dessert, ended a four-day siege and stand-off. Islamist militant terrorists had attacked the compound taking a large number of hostages in the process. These included Algerians plus...
Algeria siege: Is wanton sacrifice of hostages the new way to fight terrorism? (Opinion)
Posted by: aymaan30
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-26 09:46:57 -0800 | disasters-news
A ruthless military action by Algerian special forces culminated in a gory climax, ending the ordeal for hundreds of hostages trapped at the In Amenas gas facility deep inside the Sahara desert. According to reports, as many as 23 hostages...
Algeria hostage crisis ends in bloodbath after final attack by Algerian military
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-23 14:55:34 -0800 | disasters-news
Going against international calls for restraint, the Algerian government launched a final attack Saturday to end the hostage crisis at the Saharan gas field, concluding several days of siege that resulted in the deaths of more than 20 hostages and...
The background of the Algerian army and anti-terrorist tactics: Robert Fisk
Posted by: northsunm32
Algiers :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-22 14:56:56 -0800 | disasters-news
Update: A final attack was launched and not surprisingly seven hostages were killed by their captors. While the total count will.probably be higher the BBC reports 23 hostages and 32 militants are dead. French President Hollande defended the Algerian response...
Algeria militants executed seven hostages and killed themselves
Posted by: mashfaq90
as Sāniyah :: Algeria | updated 2013-01-22 14:36:51 -0800 | disasters-news
SWAT Algeria held the final stage of the rescue operation at the gas field in the east. The state media reported that during the operation killed 11 militants. Seven hostages - all foreigners - were executed by militants as troops...
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