Army Reportedly Kills 150 Rebels in Mountains
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From Times Wire Reports
The Algerian army killed 150 armed militants in a two-week operation in the eastern foothills of the North African country, news reports said.
The charred bodies of 105 of the suspected Islamic rebels were found in caves near the Babor mountains, about 180 miles east of Algiers, the El Watan daily reported.
It did not specify its sources and did not account for the other 45 bodies.
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