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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/africa/12algiers.html
Twin Bombs Kill Dozens in Algiers, Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility
[New York Times] Katrin Bennhold and Craig S. Smith - Twin car bombs near UN offices and an Algerian government building in Algiers killed dozens of people Tuesday. Two European diplomats in Algiers said they believe more than 60 people had died. The terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility, posting photographs on Islamist Web sites of two men it claimed were suicide bombers who carried out the attacks, which it said were aimed at "the Crusaders and their agents, the slaves of America and the sons of France." Marie Okabe, the deputy spokeswoman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, said at least 11 UN staff members had died.