[meteorite-list] Algeria

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 3 16:30:40 2004
Message-ID: <007d01c4d97f$56942580$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

for those who cant see the links, here is the article from one of them.
"tens of thousands dead" , "Hours later, gunmen used automatic weapons and
axes to kill three children and their parents in a village near Djendel"


Doesnt sound like fun to me............


"tens of thousands dead" "Hours later, gunmen used automatic weapons and
axes to kill three children and their parents in a village near Djendel"

LONDON (AFP) - Amnesty International called Thursday for an independent
inquiry into a recent wave of massacres in Algeria, in which at least 310
people have been killed.

The killings, which come during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, are being
blamed by the Algerian government and press on Islamists, in an eight-year
civil war campaign in the northern African country which has claimed more
than 100,000 lives.

"The authorities must ensure that full, impartial and independent
investigations are carried out," Amnesty said in a statement from London.

"These killings must not be allowed to join the long list of unsolved
crimes," it continued.

Press reports in Algeria Thursday said Islamist fighters on Wednesday
massacred eight people in a village in the Chlef region, 200 kilometers (125
miles) west of the capital Algiers.

Hours later, gunmen used automatic weapons and axes to kill three children
and their parents in a village near Djendel, 110 kilometers (70 miles)
southwest of Algiers, reports said.

These raids and other incidents, including a bomb attack, in several parts
of northern Algeria took the death toll from violence blamed by the Algerian
government and press on Islamists opposed to the secular state to at least
110 since Saturday.

At least 310 people have been massacred since Ramadan began on November
27th.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>;
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Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Algeria


> More links on massacres,
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/139630.stm
>
> http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2000-12/23/article6.shtml
>
> anytime there are massacres, where hundreds are killed, I would consider
> that place to be a dangerous place, and not willing to take my family
> there too often.
> Mike Farmer
>
>
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> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:22 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Algeria
>
>
>> Here is a nice map of attacks, this one is just for June, 2003.
>> http://www.algeria-interface.com/new/rubriques/english/violence/pages/jun2003.htm
>>
>> Algeria may not be the worst place in the world, and tourists seem to
>> have no problems in Algiers, but leaving the city seems to be a little
>> dangerous. Not exactly a nice tourist spot.
>>
>> Mike Farmer
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