[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EWhen the newly minted AQIM unleashed multiple bombings in Algeria on April 11, 2007, including one that targeted the prime minister\u2019s office, the\u003Cem\u003E New York Times \u003C\/em\u003Edescribed AQIM as \u201cNorth Africa\u2019s most active terrorist group\u201d and noted that the violence was \u201cthe deadliest attack in the capital\u201d since the late 1990s.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ECraig S. Smith, \u201cBlasts by Qaeda Unit Are Deadliest Attack in Algiers in Years,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, April 12, 2007, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/12\/world\/africa\/12algeria.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/12\/world\/africa\/12algeria.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E According to the \u003Cem\u003ETimes\u003C\/em\u003E, the GSPC\u2014AQIM\u2019s predecessor\u2014\u201chad been badly eroded in recent years\u2026 [but] has apparently undergone a revival\u2026 [since it] aligned itself with al-Qaeda. Its aim is to overthrow the government and install an Islamic theocracy there and throughout North Africa.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ECraig S. Smith, \u201cBlast by Qaeda Unit Are Deadliest Attack in Algiers in Years,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, April 12, 2007, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/12\/world\/africa\/12algeria.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/12\/world\/africa\/12algeria.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EReuters also compared the scale of violence by AQIM to that of Algeria\u2019s civil war, reporting that the April 11 attack \u201craised fears the [North] African oil exporter was slipping back into the intense political violence of the 1990s.\u201d One analyst quoted by the outlet likened the attack on the prime minister\u2019s office to the 9\/11 attacks in 2001. Mounir Boudjema, the editor of Algeria\u2019s Liberte, said, \u201cSince they joined al-Qaeda the rebels are clearly opting for symbolic and noisy targets such as the government palace, which is in a way our World Trade Center.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EWilliam Maclean and Lamine Chikhi, \u201cAl Qaeda Claims Algiers Bombings,\u201d Reuters, April 11, 2007, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2007\/04\/11\/uk-algeria-blast-idUKL1170766420070411\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2007\/04\/11\/uk-algeria-blast-idUKL1170766420070411\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter AQIM bombed the U.N. headquarters in Algiers in December 2007, \u003Cem\u003ETime \u003C\/em\u003Ewarned that the attack \u201cincreases the risk that AQIM is ramping up its violent struggle to bring down the Algerian government,\u201d noting that it was the \u201cfourth big hit\u201d by the group since January. As with similar reports about al-Qaeda\u2019s ability to regenerate, the magazine pointed out that despite the Algerian authorities having allegedly \u0026nbsp;\u201cdecimated AQIM ranks\u201d since April, the group continued to recruit effectively, remaining \u201cthe largest risk of non-homegrown terror to continental Europe.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EBruce Crumley, \u201cAttack in Algiers: A Warning to Europe,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ETime\u003C\/em\u003E, December 11, 2007, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1693438,00.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1693438,00.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Violence in Algeria"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]