Algeria Today

Algerian news feeds dating back from about 2004 have been filled with terrorist acts of violence. Militant groups are making Algeria a very dangerous place.There have been multiple standoffs recently making it a common fear for regular citizens. In may 2006 Algeria was to pay back all of its $8bn debt to the Paris Club group of rich creditor nations, in a move seen as reflecting its economic recovery. It is obvious, event to a high school student, that Algeria's economy is in a very bad place, as they owe money to multiple estates. Roadside bomb hits a bus carrying staff of a US oil firm, killing one man. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) claims responsibility and shortly afterwards calls for attacks against French nationals. Even in 2006, Algerian extremists are still feuding with french nationalists. in Late 2007 Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat renames itself the al-Qaeda Organisation, which is know to most Americans as a very prominent terrorist group, showing that Algeria is still feeling the problems caused by The french back in the 1800's. Through the period of March- April 2007 , Algeria Experienced several prominent events.

• March-April 2007- Army steps up offensive against Islamist militants to stamp out a surge in attacks.
• March 2007- Three Algerians and a Russian are killed in a roadside attack on a bus carrying workers for a Russian gas pipeline construction company.
• April 2007- 33 people are killed and more than 200 are injured in two bomb blasts in Algiers, one of them near the prime minister's office. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility.
• May 2007- Parliamentary elections: dozens are killed in the run-up, in a wave of fighting between the military and armed groups. Pro-government parties retain their absolute majority in parliament.

Not only are the pro-government parties being physically affected, but they are choosing not to take immediate and effective action on the very obviously damaging events occurring monthly withing their capital. Late September 2007- At least 50 people are killed in a series of bombings. Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attacks. AL queda is making a prominent name for themselves, yet the algerian government has yet to take action against them in an effective way. In early august 2008 al queda publicly claims blame for taking the lives of about 60 people in a series of car bombings, clearly making a statement that if the government doesn't take serious action, history will repeat itself.Finally in october 2012 The US army kills al-Qaeda's deputy leader in Algeria, Boualem Bekai, alias Khaled al-Mig, in an ambush near Tizi Ouzou in the mountainous Kabylie region, which was the first major step in governmental action against the al queda extremists.