Counterterrorism Research Library North Africa "Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" Claims "The Battle of the Martyr Abdelkader Abu al-Baraa"
"Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" Claims "The Battle of the Martyr Abdelkader Abu al-Baraa"
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Friday, 08 February 2008 19:00
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a January 29, 2008 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 a massive suicide truck bombing targeting the headquarters of the Algerian judicial police in the city of Al-Thaniya. According to the statement, "the brave martyr Hamza Abu Abdelrahman from the town of Lakatah… embarked on his mission... at 6:30 in the morning, driving his truck—packed with no less than 650 kilograms of explosives... The claims of our enemies that the mujahideen are targeting innocent Muslims are fraudulent lies, for those who died today are all from the apostate police."
