80 Qaeda suspects arrested in Algeria

Monday, 23 April, 2007 ALGIERS

Algerian security forces have arrested 80 Algerian Islamists who made recent visits to Iraq for questioning about suicide bomb attacks in Algiers, a leading newspaper reported yesterday.

The daily, Echorouk, said the 80, suspected of having had links to Al Qaeda in Iraq, were being questioned about whether there was any connection between that branch of Al Qaeda and the bombings that killed 33 people in Algiers on April 11.

Posted on 27 April 2007 @ 15:32