Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 12/15/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of December 15, 2003
- Butaflika meets Chirac: I do not support death penalty for Saddam
Butaflika said "I belong to a culture that does not allow stabbing a camel with a knife after his collapse." Algeria-France, Politics, 12/20/2003 - Six armed men killed in acts of violence in Algeria
The official Algerian radio said that the security forces killed on Thursday 6 members of armed groups to the west of the capital Algiers. Algeria, Local, 12/20/2003 - Algerian fm: King Mohammed strongly committed to Maghreb edification
Morocco's King Mohammed VI is firmly committed to edification of the Maghreb Union (UMA) said Tuesday Algerian foreign minister, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, who conveyed the sovereign a message from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 12/18/2003 - Two policemen killed by Islamists in Algeria
Security sources said that two Algerian policemen were killed by bullets when they were performing their missions in front of a bank, in the downtown of al- Medya state, 80 km to the south of the capital Algiers. Algeria, Local, 12/18/2003 - Any solution to Sahara issue should respect Moroccan Kingty Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/18/2003
- Maghreb union impossible without Sahara dispute settlement (diplomat)
The objective of a united Maghreb is impossible without the settlement of the Sahara dispute, insisted a former Algerian diplomat. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 12/17/2003 - Attajdid: Algeria Islamist leader calls Sahara issue artificial
Leader of the Algerian outlawed party, Islamic Salvation Front, Abbasi Madani, said the Sahara issue is an "artificial" one that is part of a colonial plan whose seeds were sown by western colonialists. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 12/15/2003