Algerian security forces plan to recruit 15,000 personnel per year until they reach their benchmark of a 200,000-strong police force. There are currently 140,000 Algerian security forces deployed throughout the country to help ward off a creeping insurgency. Eleven suspected terrorists linked to al Qaeda have been arrested for participating in the Jan. 29 car bomb attack on a police headquarters.
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