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'''Guemar''' (or '''Guemmar''') is a [[Sahara]]n oasis in [[Algeria]] near the [[Tunisia]]n border, in the [[Oued Souf]] area of the [[wilaya]] of [[El Oued]] (see [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AG/0/Guemar.html map]), about 20 km north of [[El Oued]] city. It includes a [[zaouia]] and a border post; the latter is notable for having been attacked by two [[Islamist]]s who had fought in [[Afghanistan]], [[Tayeb Messaoudi]] and [[Abderrahmane Dahane]], on [[November 27]], [[1991]], before the beginning of the [[Algerian civil conflict]] proper. |
'''Guemar''' (or '''Guemmar''') is a [[Sahara]]n oasis in [[Algeria]] near the [[Tunisia]]n border, in the [[Oued Souf]] area of the [[wilaya]] of [[El Oued]] (see [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AG/0/Guemar.html map]), about 20 km north of [[El Oued]] city. It includes a [[zaouia]] and a border post; the latter is notable for having been attacked by two [[Islamist]]s who had fought in [[Afghanistan]], [[Tayeb Messaoudi]] and [[Abderrahmane Dahane]], on [[November 27]], [[1991]], before the beginning of the [[Algerian civil conflict]] proper. |
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Revision as of 08:04, 1 March 2005
Guemar (or Guemmar) is a Saharan oasis in Algeria near the Tunisian border, in the Oued Souf area of the wilaya of El Oued (see map), about 20 km north of El Oued city. It includes a zaouia and a border post; the latter is notable for having been attacked by two Islamists who had fought in Afghanistan, Tayeb Messaoudi and Abderrahmane Dahane, on November 27, 1991, before the beginning of the Algerian civil conflict proper.