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New “crisis” between Algeria and France

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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his French counterpart François Hollande. Photo: archives

France entered once again into a fierce race to take over issues which are supposed to be “common” with other countries. French President François Hollande received some families of the plane crash victims and promised them to transport the bodies from Mali to Paris. This raised “anger” in Algeria and pushed the Algerian foreign ministry to ask for clarifications.

According to observers, Hollande wants to exploit the crash tragedy for electoral purposes. He gave promises to the victims’ families without any consultation with concerned countries. That raises questions.

France got to the “black box” first before the concerned countries. It alleged that it is the first who found the crashed plane and tries to convince International public opinion that she has the “scoop.” This is a clear attempt to take over information and exploit the accident for other purposes.

French official and non official channels showed speculation over the incident. Contradiction shows lies. Some reports said bad weather was behind the crash while others said the plane may have been targeted by a terrorist attack.

According to the same sources, the Algerian foreign ministry asked France to give “clarifications” as there is a “double investigation.” This latter triggered concealed “conflicts.”

This may be indicate new “crisis” between Algiers and Paris due to France’s carelessness and attempt to “nationalize” the incident through a blackout.

Observers believe that France tried to hit Algeria’s reputation by announcing that it “had found the plane then the black box.” Hollande also received some victims’ families and informed them that the bodies would be transported from Mali to France.

Hollande’s “decision” is considered, according to Algeria, as an individual and isolated act. No consultations were held while international laws stipulate coordination in such incidents. This gives the right and priority to Mali to investigate with the help of other concerned countries including Algeria.

France is supposed to be no more than a “partner” in the investigation. Yet, it wanted to “hide the truth” is it would be a matter of a “terrorist attack.” This would hit the “French war on terror” in Mali.

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