Bombings in Algeria

By Charlie

UPDATE: Al Qaeda Islamic Magreb claimed responsibility.

The long war continues:

(CNN) -- Two bombs ripped through the Algerian capital Tuesday, reportedly killing 47 people -- including 10 U.N. workers -- in what appeared to be targeted attacks on government and United Nations buildings.
One explosion was outside the constitutional court in the Algiers neighborhood of Ben Aknoun and the other was in the residential area of Hydra, state-run television network ENTV reported.

The other attack apparently targeted the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in the neighborhood of Hydra, UNHCR chief spokesman Ron Redmond told CNN.

Recall the militant Islamist strategy: 1 –remove US and Coalition forces from the Middle East, 2- establish caliphate, 3- overthrow apostate regimes, 4- destroy Israel and grasp global supremacy. Islamists continue to try to take over Algeria, although popular support for the effort has eroded since Algeria’s conflict between Islamists and military forces which claimed almost 200,000 lives in the ‘90s.

Also: will the UN now withdraw from Algeria?

December 11, 2007 05:30 AM The Long War