Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued a scathing statement on the case of the US CIA station chief who is accused of drugging and then raping Algerian women. “Is this scandal not an evidence that Bouteflika and his government is no different from his … other brothers the traitor (Muslim) presidents?” the statement said. “Which extent do you (our nation) wish to see crime and fraud by this apostate ruling group reach before all would shout ‘enough’ in one voice?”