Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 27

05-July-2004

ALGERIA

Islamic Group Claims Responsibility For Hamma Power Station Attack

Algerian Islamic opposition group the Salafist Group For Preaching and Combat (GSPC) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at the Hamma power plant near Algiers. The 21 June attack was caused by a bomb placed against the outside wall of the plant and injured 11 people (MEES, 28 June). The El-Borkane phalange (of the GSPC) placed a lorry packed with explosives...