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'''Guemar''' is a [[Sahara]]n oasis in [[Algeria]] near the [[Tunisia]]n border, in the Oued Souf area of the [[El Oued Province]] (see [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AG/0/Guemar.html map]), about 20 km north of [[El Oued]]. 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 War]] proper. [[Guemar Airport]] is there. |
'''Guemar''' is a [[Sahara]]n oasis in [[Algeria]] near the [[Tunisia]]n border, in the Oued Souf area of the [[El Oued Province]] (see [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AG/0/Guemar.html map]), about 20 km north of [[El Oued]]. 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 War]] proper. [[Guemar Airport]] is there. |
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Revision as of 15:53, 25 September 2008
Guemar is a Saharan oasis in Algeria near the Tunisian border, in the Oued Souf area of the El Oued Province (see map), about 20 km north of El Oued. 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 War proper. Guemar Airport is there.