Algerians Committed to Foiling Hostile Schemes, Says Chanegriha

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Algerians Committed to Foiling Hostile Schemes, Says Chanegriha

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Chief of Staff of the People's National Army, Lieutenant General Said Chanegriha, affirmed Sunday the Algerians' commitment to foiling "all hostile schemes which, in a recent past, failed by attempting to employ terrorism and making from it another despicable and destructive mean to achieve suspect and biased objectives."

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