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...Algerians, as a nationality, do not figure prominently on the British ethnic landscape. As a former colony of France, Algeria's historical links lie on the other side of the Channel. Its citizens form only a small percentage of Britain's 2 million Muslims. But for some reason, Algerian Islamic extremists turn up again and again as British security services widen their investigations into the al-Qaeda terror organization...
...more than a dozen Algerians have been arrested in Britain - though many have been cleared and released - in connection with terrorist activities. They are part of an extensive web of Algerian activity all across Europe. Two weeks ago six Algerians detained in Bosnia, whom Americans suspect of being part of an al-Qaeda sleeper cell, were handed over to U.S. authorities. Elsewhere in Europe, Algerian extremists have taken a leading role in some operational cells and have also developed expertise in support activities. According to Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism expert at Scotland's St. Andrews University, Algerian extremists have specialized...
BRITAIN Antiterror Swoop A court in Leicester charged two Algerian men with involvement in the al-Qaeda network and police arrested another 17 in the largest crackdown on U.K. terror suspects since Sept. 11. Nine people were detained under new antiterrorism legislation, while another eight were held for possible immigration offenses. Police said the latest arrests were not directly linked to Sept. 11, but one of the two remanded in custody, Baghdad Meziane, faces charges of directing and financing undisclosed al-Qaeda operations and inciting an act of terrorism abroad...
When the couturier Christian Dior died suddenly of a heart attack at 57, a jittery, bespectacled Algerian-born 21-year-old had to put the Dior show together. He came up with the trapeze, a dress that by dint of its intricate silk, tulle and horsehair-hemmed organza underskirts seemed to float away from the body as if by magnetic force. It was a sensation. The fashion press, not given to understatement even in 1958, proclaimed, "Yves Saint Laurent has saved France." A new design legend had arrived...
...Long before September 11, Algerian novelist, poet and journalist Tahar Djaout learned how fearsome religious fanaticism could be. On May 26, 1993, Djaout was shot by assassins outside of his home in Bainem, Algeria. His death was attributed to the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). Dajout's death was the first in a series of murders by the FIS that targeted high-profile intellectuals. "The Last Summer of Reason," a haunting novel in French, was found in Djaout's papers. It is the story of Boualem Yekker, a bookstore owner whose country is being overtaken by fundamentalists. The book has just...