Algeria puts army in charge of fighting drug trafficking

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Algeria puts army in charge of fighting drug trafficking

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-puts-army-charge-fighting-drug-trafficking-083248914.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Usu96G_QXwR0CGx03qNu5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T083248Z_1_AJOE96P0NQR00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-ALGERIA-DRUGS-TRAFFICKING-20130726.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has identified drug trafficking as a top national security threat linked to militancy in the region and put its powerful army in charge of fighting it, interior minister Daho Ould Kablia said. &quot;We are waging a war. It is a war against a new form of terrorism: drugs trafficking,&quot; Ould Kablia told the APS state news agency late on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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