US embassy cable - 05ALGIERS2296

UNCLAS ALGIERS 002296 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PTER, AG, JO 
SUBJECT: BOUTEFLIKA'S MESSAGE TO KING ABDALLAH FOLLOWING 
THE ATTACKS 
 
 
1.  Following the bombings in Amman which killed 59 people 
and wounded 96, President Abelaziz Bouteflika sent a 
condolence message November 11 on behalf of the Algerian 
people to King Abdallah II.  Bouteflika wrote, "It is with 
profound sadness and affliction that I have learned about the 
painful news of the tragedy that just struck your 
country....Those acts have generated a climate of extreme 
sadness since innocent people were made victims." 
 
2.  Bouteflika continued, "Those criminal acts, which are 
condemned and considered evil by all religions and laws, are 
deeds of sick souls guided by a morbid and heinous blindness 
which has turned into tools of destruction, massacres and 
terror around the world.  Algeria, which suffered from 
torments committed by criminal hands and ill hearts, 
understands your suffering and supports you in this terrible 
ordeal.  Algeria denounces these barbaric acts which targeted 
stability and sought to spread turmoil and anarchy in a 
country which managed to preserve its security and stability 
in a troubled environment.  Algeria remains convinced of 
Jordan's capacity to meet these challenges and re-establish 
security..." 
 
ERDMAN