Abdelmalek Droukdel, January 2007

Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Date
Jan. 2007
Name of Author
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Quote URL
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/world/africa/14algeria.html
Body

“[F]ight the nationals of France and the agents of the crusaders occupying our land.” Craig S. Smith, “Qaeda Affiliate in Algeria Kills 6 as Bombs Strike Police Stations,” New York Times, February 14, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/world/africa/14algeria.html.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-French
Threat
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

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