11.   Muslim insurgents have a strong foothold in that region, which is also the site of a major army garrison that covers Algiers.

12.   Muslim insurgents have a strong foothold in the Blida region, which is also the site of a major army garrison that covers the capital.

13.   Muslim insurgents have since claimed responsibility for some in a series of bombings in France.

14.   Still, the insurgents have little contact with opposition leaders in Tirana, the capital to the north.

15.   The insurgents have bases in the foothills of the Rwanzori Mountains that form the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.