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Al Qaeda Claims Algeria Bombings

North African branch releases audio tape taking credit

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 22, 2008 9:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – The North African branch of al-Qaeda has claimed it was behind a pair of car bombs in Algeria that killed 12 this week, al-Jazeera reports. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued an audio recording of an official announcing responsibility for the attacks. The bombings were...   Read full story »

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