THE ALGERIAN CONNECTION

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The GIA also bitterly opposes French President Jacques Chirac's scheduled meeting next month with Algerian President Zamine Zeroual at the U.N. Paris bureau chief Thomas Sanction says the GIA "has vowed to continue waging 'holy war' on French soil until the French cut off their economic support of the Algiers government. Earlier this week, the GIA reportedly said it would target French journalists, just as it has targeted Algerian newsmen and intellectuals back home." Sancton reports that the GIA has also said that it will not stop the bombing campaign until French President Jacques Chirac personally converts to Islam.