The Taliban strikes again with plots to continue their launches of suicide bombings in North Africa. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is the suspected terrorist group lashing out on governments in Algeria and Morocco. The attacks started in Algeria in late August, with a series of suicide car bombings specifically aimed towards the government police. One attack was a suicide car bombing that ran straight into a police academy on August 22, 2008 in Issers killing almost fifty men. Al Qaeda’s attacks on the Algerian government have claimed to be attacks of “revenge” for the militants that the group lost during previous outbreaks with the government. But there is a question of why the group would continue its attacks in Morocco? As a recent report came to surface from the Moroccan government; that there was an arrest of fifteen men involved in plotting to bomb certain parts in Morocco. The men arrested were said to have explosive material on their person, though their reasoning behind such madness has still not been discovered. But reporters believe there is a direct relation with the attacks in Algeria. Though the two countries are neighbors, what could be that relationship? The answer is unknown at this point, but authorities have released information about the men naming themselves “Fath al-Andalous meaning the Conquest of Andalusia. The threat of terrorism is clearly a problem in North Africa, a problem that must be solved before an out rite war begins. There has been confirmation of the Algerian government making huge attempts to end all discrepancies with the militants, particularly offering a peace initiation of amnesty. Unfortunately the militants took advantage of their peace offerings, by pledging to stop if they won’t be penalized, but the militants continued to spread terrorism around the country. It’s a sad realization that extremist groups seem in humane by killing people who are mainly innocent by standers of their rage. Obviously terrorism is a social problem in countries such as Algeria and Morocco that needs to be investigated. The background of Al Qaeda must be of hate and anger, why would one want to commit suicide and take the lives of others. Suicide bombings are an issue within itself, but the lives of the innocent, is there no justice for such inhumane actions?
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