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Algeria: Rebels linked to Al Qaeda kill six Algerian soldiers Wed. May 14, 2008 02:53 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) In the deadliest attack on Algerian government forces in three months, rebels linked to Al Qaeda's north African wing killed six Algerian soldiers, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. citing unnamed sources, El Khabar newspaper said the soldiers were on patrol when their convoy came under fire on Sunday in Medea province, 90 km south-west of the capital Algiers. The news source said some soldiers reportedly escaped and fought with their assailants, who fled to a nearby forest, taking with them weapons and uniforms from the dead soldiers. However, authorities were not immediately available for comment on the ambush. It was the deadliest ambush on the army since February 8, when eight paramilitary gendarmes were shot dead in El Oued province, 500 km south-east of Algiers. Violence broke out in Algeria in 1992 after the military-backed authorities scrapped a parliamentary election that an Islamist political party, the Islamic Salvation Front, was set to win. Up to 200 000 people were killed in the ensuing bloodshed. Violence has fallen in recent years, but more recently scores of people have died in a series of suicide bombings in and around Algiers.-Reuters News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Iraqi: Law maker killed in bomb attack ... Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 in Pakistan US to revise North Korea's terrorism blacklist status... Belgium: 500 kilos of cocaine found in tuna shipment<... Nigeria: Senior official not guilty over $40 million... Ethiopia: 4.6 million Ethiopian now need emergency ... Africa: AU chairman urges world not to cut aid to Af... DR Congo: Gov’t asks UN council to meet on Rwandan i... South Africa: ANC likely to split says leading dissi... Libya cuts oil supplies to Switzerland ... More News...