"Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" Claims Suicide Bombing at Police Station

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Wednesday, 02 January 2008 19:00

The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated the latest communiqué issued by "the Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" (formerly known as the Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat, GSPC) claiming responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing attack on a police station in An-Naciria, approximately 75 miles east of Algiers. According to the statement, "a lion from Al-Qaida's Network in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the martyr Abdullah al-Chayani, set forth on his mission carrying no less than 500kg of explosives aiming to attack the apostate den working against the jihad...O' you, those who have abandoned our religion and your masters: you should expect the arrival of groups of those who long for martyrdom, and they will greet you with the scent of death."

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