Algeria

Terrorism experts and analysts doubt the claims made by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb about launching an incursion into Tunisia to kidnap two Austrian nationals, saying the pair got lost in Sahara, ended up in Algeria, and then were abducted by Islamic terrorists. The Algerian president has affirmed Algeria will severely punish anyone using torture to pursue the country’s “implacable” struggle against terrorism.

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