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    Algeria

    Anyone been there in recent years? Was thinking of getting the ferry over to oran for a long weekend to have a look around.
    There's just this nagging voice at the back of my head telling me I could end up being decapitated with a blunt knife like Nick Berg. Undue paranoia, I'm sure.

    #2
    Load of problems in the 90s, not completely cleared up. Wouldn't go.
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      #3
      Ditto. They were killing tourists in the 1990s.
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        #4
        What is their position regarding Chutney Spoons ?
        Bored.

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          #5
          Well on the FCO site they say there have been a few bombings over recent years, but you get those here too - there was one on Tuesday in fact.
          Scrolling down, though, I see they mention a high threat of kidnapping in Algeria by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. That's the bit that would worry me. Would be good to go though, the ferry goes from just behing where I work so it's a temptation.

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            #6
            With a name like mine you won't get me near the place. I actually considered a role out there in the mid 90's but then on newsnight that very night they had a story on about the triangle of death in Algeria. I decided against it!
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              #7
              Well on the FCO site they say there have been a few bombings over recent years, but you get those here too - there was one on Tuesday in fact.
              There's been one on Mallorca now - 2 killed.

              http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8176601.stm
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                Originally posted by MrMark View Post
                There's been one on Mallorca now - 2 killed.

                http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8176601.stm
                Crikey - they're still going strong despite a lot of their old guard having been rounded up recently.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by MrMark View Post
                  There's been one on Mallorca now - 2 killed.

                  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8176601.stm
                  But that's Eta, nothing to do with jihadists AFAIK.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by wurzel View Post
                    Crikey - they're still going strong despite a lot of their old guard having been rounded up recently.
                    Amazed they've managed to stage an attack on Mallorca too. On the mainland it's just a question of driving to your target, but how the f*** did they smuggle explosives onto the Balearics? Going to be some serious questions being asked by the security chiefs.
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