A new report by Amnesty International on Algeria’s secret torture chambers is out. The full 44-page report could be found here.
Algerian security services have inherited the French school of torture and counterinsurgency that was ironically developed by Frech colonialists against Algerians themeselves… and sure the jackboots gained more expertise in their dirty war against Islamist militants during the 1990s civil war.
Currently Algeria is one of America’s and Europe’s allies in the “war on terror” together with Bin 3ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt. The CIA-chartered Ghost Flights reportedly landed in Algerian airports. Several Europe-based militant suspects were also sent back to Algeria, where Bu Tafliqa’s secret services’ custody, other EU members are still trying hard.
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Algerian security services have inherited the French school of torture and counterinsurgency that was ironically developed by Frech colonialists against Algerians themeselves… and sure the jackboots gained more expertise in their dirty war against Islamist militants during the 1990s civil war.
Currently Algeria is one of America’s and Europe’s allies in the “war on terror” together with Bin 3ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt. The CIA-chartered Ghost Flights reportedly landed in Algerian airports. Several Europe-based militant suspects were also sent back to Algeria, where Bu Tafliqa’s secret services’ custody, other EU members are still trying hard.
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Algeria admits killing 17,000 Islamists
I don’t think it’s accurate to say that Algeria is “one of America’s … closest allies in the ‘war on terror'”.
Certainly, the relationship has gotten closer over the past few years but it’s nothing compared to, say, the Egypt-America relationship. Algeria’s relationship with Iran is both an asset and a barrier to developing closer ties.
You have a point. I corrected the posting. I guess when we weigh the closeness of the US-Mubarak releations to that of BuTafliqa, indeed the former is closer.
Tell me more about the Algerian-Iranian relations. Interesting what you say…