Terror in North Africa: are Westerners pulling the strings?
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Clifford Armion
le 22/01/2013
Activer le mode zenDaniel Howden
Canada is investigating an allegation by the Algerian Prime Minister that one of its citizens co-ordinated the terror raid at the Saharan gas plant in which dozens of hostages were killed.Westerners, including a man with blond hair and blue eyes, are believed to have been among the Islamist militants who launched last week’s attack on the Tigantourine complex near Algeria’s border with Libya.
A French jihadist, previously unknown to authorities, and two Canadians are suspected to have been involved in the hostage-taking, and reports also claim that a man with a Western accent was among the extremists who lured terrified gas workers from their rooms during the hostage crisis.
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Terror in North Africa: are Westerners pulling the strings?, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2013. Consulté le 15/01/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/terror-in-north-africa-are-westerners-pulling-the-strings-