There were two near simultaneous
bombings in Algiers which occurred on 11 December 2007 when two
car bombs exploded 10 minutes apart starting at around 9:30 a.m. local time, in the
Algerian capital
Algiers. The
al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the attacks, stating that it was "another successful conquest […] carried out by the Knights of the Faith with their blood in defense of the wounded nation of Islam." These attacks constitute another act of violence in the ongoing
Islamic insurgency, a continuation of the
Algerian Civil War that has claimed 200,000 lives.