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...Algeria has close links with the Palestine Liberation Organization and strongly opposes U.S. policy in the Middle East, particularly the Camp David peace accords. It continues to help Polisario guerrillas in their fight against Morocco to carve out an independent state in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara. The U.S., meanwhile, is quietly backing Morocco to the point of shipping arms for use in the desert...
...image of Algeria as a militantly pro-Soviet regime has gradually changed since the death of President Houari Boumedienne from a rare blood disease two years ago. His successor, President Chadli, 51, has pragmatically tried to improve relations with the West. Moreover, relations with Moscow have cooled since the invasion of Afghanistan, and there are signs that Algeria wants to escape from its dependence on the U.S.S.R. for military equipment...
...home, Chadli has moved to temper the repressive climate that marked Boumedienne's regime by releasing some political prisoners (including Algeria's first President, Ahmed Ben Bella) and allowing other exiled opponents to return for visits. Chadli has also turned away from the centralized, Soviet-style economic system that Boumedienne favored. Instead, the government is actively encouraging smaller enterprises and, in agriculture and housing, even a return to private ownership. There are steadily improving economic ties with the West, the major customers for the oil and natural gas that bring in 98% of Algeria's foreign exchange...
...Algerians sought no financial compensation for evacuating the hostages or sending doctors to examine them. "How we will pay them back I just don't know," said Ambassador Haynes, adding: "Yes, they have a right to expect something in return." The U.S. clearly cannot repay Algeria by altering its own foreign policy. But no one would be surprised if the Algerians shrewdly cashed in their IOUs in the form of lucrative long-term gas contracts. -By Frederick Painton...
When the escrow account for the Central Bank of Algeria reached $7.9 billion, the Iranians were to begin procedures to release the hostages. That occurred Tuesday morning...