Algiers prison carnage fuels Islamist rage

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The crushing of the 'Islamist' rebellion at Algeria's Serkadji prison, causing 99 deaths, may prove to be a watershed in the country's violent civil war. Those who died included Ikhlef Cherati and Kacem Tadjouri, senior officials of the banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), and Lembarek Boumarafi, a police officer accused of murdering president Mohamed Boudiaf in 1992. Some observers believe that Islamist leaders in the jail were targeted by the paramilitary police brought in to crush the riot, while others claim that members of the security forces were secretly helping the prisoners.

Riots

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Now Algeria's bloody civil war kills the little people

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The civil war in Algeria between 'Islamist' forces and poorly trained village militias who have been armed by the government is now causing up to 200 deaths a week. It is thought that up to 100,000 people have been killed since the 1992 parliamentary elections were cancelled by the military-backed Algerian government, and violent Islamist organisations have been targeted many groups within Algerian society, including journalists, feminists and artists. Many murders have also been carried out by pro-government death squads.

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Where the elite shelter from winds of war

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Many middle-class and wealthy Algerians have purchased homes at the Club des Pins seaside resort in an effort to escape the country's civil war. They condemn both the government and its fundamentalist opponents, and try to play down Algeria's problems. When questioned closely, they admit that there is violence in Algiers, and all have experienced the death of a friend or relative.

Middle classes, Middle class

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