Interview with Algerian GSPC Commander
By Evan Kohlmann
The online magazine Al-Faath has published a two-part interview with the chairman of the Media Wing of the Algerian Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat (GSPC)--a known Al-Qaida affiliate group active in North Africa. According to Abu Omar Abdul Bir, the GSPC was founded in order to continue the role of the GIA after the GIA leadership under Antar Zouabri became "deviant" during the mid-1990s. Abu Omar scoffed at rumors that the Algerian government is close to wiping out the GIA, and congratulated "our mujahideen brothers in Iraq, [Saudi Arabia], Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine, the Philippines, Kashmir, and elsewhere... they are a part of us. We are hurt if they are hurt; what makes them happy will also make us happy."
Click to view English translation (Globalterroralert.com)