Al-Qaida Escalates Campaign of Violence in Algeria
By Evan Kohlmann
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Islamic Maghreb--formerly known as the GSPC--has continued to escalate its latest campaign of violence in Algeria. In the past two weeks, the group has released an unprecedented flood of communiqués claiming responsibility for a flurry of bombing attacks and armed ambushes on soldiers, policemen, and foreign workers from Russia and Canada. The group also released a new statement from its top commander Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud urging members of the Algerian security forces to abandon their posts and "repent", or else be targeted for death by the mujahideen. The latest messages from Al-Qaida in the Maghreb noticeably mimick statements issued by the now-defunct Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) during the height of its military activity in 1995.
Click to view English translations of communiques:
- Al-Qaida Claims 18 Simultaneous and Expansive Attacks on the Infidels (3/1)
- Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud Issues Call for Repentance from Security Forces (3/4)
- Al-Qaida Claims Bomb Attack on Russians and Raids on the Infidels (3/5)
See also:
- GSPC Claims "Battle of Shaykh Abul Baraa Ahmad" (Feb. 2007)
- (January 2007) - Message from GSPC Commander in Algeria: "We Are Coming"
- Video: "The Battle of Bouchaoui": Attack on bus in Algeria carrying U.S. contractors (Dec. 2006)
- Video: "Five bombings [targeting] Algerian apostates" (Feb. 2007)
- [CTBLOG]: "GSPC in Algeria Announces New Name: Al-Qaida in the Maghreb"
- [CTBLOG]: "GSPC Claims Credit for Terror Attack on Western Contractors in Algeria"
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