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Algerian policemen secure the site of the blast carried by a suicide bomber in the eastern Algiers suburb of Bordj El Kiffan
Algeria: AQIM and the Perils of Soft Targets
August 19, 2008 2011 GMT
Members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked a group of potential police recruits lined up outside of a training academy Aug. 19, a significantly softer target than AQIM usually goes for.

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