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Al-Qaida branch says it carried out Algeria bombings
The North African branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility today for the devastating bombings in Algeria that killed up to 60 people this week, in a statement carried by an Arab TV news station.
The group described the attacks on a police academy, a military barracks and a Canadian engineering firm as retaliation against security forces for their crackdown on militants, described as “Mujahedeen,” or holy warriors.
The attacks “follow the perfidious operation, where a number of young Mujahedeen have been killed,” said a man identified as Salah Abu Mohammed, an al-Qaida spokesman, in a tape delivered to the Al-Jazeera news channel.
There was no way to authenticate today’s message but in the past militant groups have often delivered responsibility claims via Al-Jazeera.
— Associated Press
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