Algeria

Algerian soldiers foiled an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb plot to attack a security center at Ekern; soldiers are now searching for the 10-man cell. The Minister of the Interior said security forces have lapsed in their duty to prevent terror attacks, which resulted in the deadly Algiers bombings in early December.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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