'Aqoul: Charmingly Al Qaeda fil Maghreb [AQIM] goes Green

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August 02, 2009

Charmingly Al Qaeda fil Maghreb [AQIM] goes Green

An amusing arty from an online Algeria news source indicates that AQIM announced it has executed to firebugs caught setting fires in the Amrouna forest. Nice to see the Green (Western style) aspect of this:
Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI) affirme avoir exécuté deux « pyromanes » à Aïn Defla

Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI), dans un communiqué daté du 25 juillet ... affirme avoir exécuté deux personnes présentées comme des pyromanes pris en flagrant délit d'incendie dans la forêt de Amrouna, à Aïn Defla. Le groupe terroriste ne précise pas l'identité des deux victimes mais il accuse clairement les forces de sécurité d'être à l'origine des derniers incendies de forêts dans le nord du pays.

As usual, accusations that the two executed were somehow tied to Algerian security forces are involved. Oddly, in Algeria, this is not an accusation to brush aside lightly, insofar as the AQIM brothers like camping a great deal (ahem, well hiding out in the forests), and it is in no way beyond the Algeria Pouvoir (or local agents) to engage in some brush burning.... Although equally as likely, to saps got zapped for being in AQIM's camping area.