BOUTEFLIKA'S MESSAGE TO KING ABDALLAH FOLLOWING

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