Al-Qaeda in Algeria Announces Plan to Perpetrate Series of Terrorist Attacks, Warns the Muslims to Stay Away from Government Facilities to Avoid Getting Hurt
On July 23, 2007, "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" posted a communiqué on Islamic websites announcing its intention to perpetrate a series of escalating terrorist attacks in Algeria against the "enemies of Islam" and warning all Muslims to stay away from government facilities in order to avoid getting hurt.
The following are excerpts:
"The jihad fighters' attacks in the Islamic Maghreb have become a veritable nuisance that robs the apostates within the country of their sleep and is a thorn in the hide of the enemies of Islam outside [the country]… The jihad fighters have managed to regroup and unite their ranks… and have a lot of surprises in store for the enemies of Allah in the Islamic Maghreb, which will come one after the other, each more serious than the previous – until the enemies of Allah's faith realize that they have no option but to repent, return to [the faith of Allah], and cease fighting Islam and the Muslims...
"Out of desire to preserve the lives of the Muslims, which are protected [by Muslim shari'a], we call upon all our Muslim brothers to keep away from government centers and from gatherings of the apostates and infidels… [and] to avoid coming near them or mixing with them [in any way], because the jihad fighters are determined to strike these [targets] by bombing or any other means of extermination."
