Can’t help but wonder why Osama been dead for 5 and a half years would set his sights on Algeria.  Think he would have enough trouble getting dialysis twice a week on the run like he is, i mean, if he wasn’t already dead…

Maybe somebody wants you to think it’s Osama…

Well randyha, you’re so correct here as far as the terror activities in Algeria since the 90’s. But…I don’t know that it’s only about Islamists.

Here again, the West has so rankled these African and Middle Eastern countries with all of the Centuries old colonialism. It hasn’t been that long since Algeria freed itself of that influence, and that had less to do with al-Qaeda style terrorists than it did to do with Algeria simply demanding her Independence from France.

I’m not suggesting that most of this wasn’t perpetrated by an Islamist movement, but terror certainly isn’t new to Algeria, and al-Qaeda hasn’t always been the source for it.

Anyway, this makes me very sad. Guess I won’t be making any visits to the area any time soon. I really had hoped to go next year.

Algeria has been a hotbed for Islamists since the 90s so it makes sense for bin laden to set up shop there. Algeria is also the perfect spot for a launching pad against Europe for its proximity.