Al-Qaida Escalates Campaign of Violence in Algeria

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Saturday, 10 March 2007 19:00

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.

- 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)