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Algerian Berbers demand release of singer-activist
ALGIERS Oct 3: Berbers demanding official recognition of their language and the release of an activist singer kid napped a week ago protested by the tens of thousands Sun day. while a radical Islamic group reportedly vowed to renew Its holy war. reports AP
More then 100.000 people took part in the peaceful de monstration in the Berber capital of Tlzi Ouzou east of Algiers, marked by calls and threats for the safe return of Lounes Matoub
-Authorities say Islamic guerillas kidnapped the noted Berber singer who spoke out against the 2 J/2-year-old Islamic insurgency that has left nmre the 10.000 people dead
The most radical armed fac Uon the Armed Islamic Group, said In a clandestine bulletin that Matoub was seized by Mujahideen fighters but did not directly take responsibility
for Ilie Sept 25 kidnapping.
In a communique received by the French news agency. Agence France-Presse. the Armed Islamic Group said Its consultative council decided to continue Its "djlhad. or holy war. against unbelievers ... to Install the law of God."
The communique also announced the appointment of a noted figure in the fundamen talist movement. Mohamed Said as Its new chief, replating Cherlf Gousmi. killed by security forces a week ago
The authenticity of the communique could not be Im mediately confirmed. Islamic sources contacted here doubted It was authentic They noted a communique Issued by the group In Augusi announcing the formation of a caliphate government that proved Incor reel
Saki an Imam and educator who has been in hiding for
more than two years, was a leading member ol the Isiamii Salvation Front, the banned movement whose thwarted victory in January 1992 legisla tlve elections triggered the Islamic Insurgency rocking the country ever since
Meanwhile, the Islamli Salvation Army the Salvation Front's armed wing, chastised France for allegedly supportinc the military-backed govern ment In its repression of fun dpmentallsts It called for a boycott of French products and a "political and cultural rup ture" with Fratice
In a communique receive# by the Associated Press, thw armed group cited hostile de< larallons financial pressure and the presence of gen darmes and "'military experts In Algeria as signs of a French role in the ’unprecedented repression '