[meteorite-list] Algeria

[Michael Farmer]

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>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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