Algerian police arrest four in possession of bin Laden propaganda

2007-12-03

Algerian police arrested four people in Mostaganem who were in possession of video materials including speeches by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, APS quoted a police source as saying on Sunday (December 2nd). Fifteen video cassettes, 60 CDs and 222 audio cassettes with information "defending terrorism and incorporating the speeches of Osama bin Laden and images of terrorist operations downloaded off the Internet" were seized during the operation. The detainees, whose ages range from 27 to 35, were allegedly part of the Houmat Eddaaoua Essalafia (HDS) logistical support group where they collected intelligence and spread propaganda aimed at recruiting young terrorists. HDS was formed after the Algerian authorities dismantled the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in January 2005.

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zakaria Posted 2007-12-15

Anyone who is a terrorist isn’t a human but an animal, and even the animal is better than him. Those who kill innocent people aren't human beings. Bin Laden is an animal. We want the entire world to live in peace. We have family, sons, mosques and a life but you terrorists are animals of this era. God does not approve killing a soul, you’re terrorists you kill innocent people, you animals. You don’t have a conscience. Zakaria Kamouss, Casablanca, Morocco

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وئال من الجزائر العاصمة Posted 2007-12-19

Salam alaikoum. We are very sorry for these attacks which shook the capital and even all Algeria. These acts which became nightmares tracking us wherever we go. We ask God Almighty to receive the victims in His wide paradise and grant patience to all the families of victims. For God we are and to God we shall return.

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