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Algeria
Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of
State issued the following Travel Warning on December 23, 2007:
This Travel Warning is being updated to alert Americans to recent terrorist
attacks in Algeria. The threat from terrorism in many areas continues to
pose a significant security risk.
The Department of State urges U.S. citizens who travel to Algeria to
evaluate carefully the risk posed to their personal safety. Sustained
small-scale terrorist attacks including bombings, false roadblocks,
kidnappings, ambushes, and assassinations occur regularly, particularly in
northeastern Algeria . A roadside bomb targeted a bus transporting foreign
workers of a U.S. company in the western part of Algiers in December 2006.
In April 2007 three suicide bombers detonated vehicle-borne explosives
outside of government buildings in central Algiers . Three more suicide bomb
attacks in July and September 2007 in Lakhdaria, Batna and Dellys killed
more than 80 Algerians. On December 11, 2007, two vehicle-borne explosive
devices were detonated at the UN headquarters and the Algerian
Constitutional Council in Algiers . The attacks occurred in residential
areas where many diplomatic missions are located. The group that claimed
credit for the December 11 attacks has pledged more attacks against foreign
targets, and specifically American targets.
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The Department of State cautions those
U.S. citizens who travel to Algeria, especially the mountainous northern
regions and the southern regions near Tamanrasset, despite this Travel
Warning, to use reputable local agents and tour guides who are able to make
reliable security arrangements.
The Government of Algeria requires U.S. Embassy personnel traveling outside
the Wilaya of Algiers or to the Casbah within Algiers to seek permission and
to have a security escort. Travel to the military zone established around
the Hassi Messaoud oil center requires Government of Algeria authorization.
U.S. government personnel are permitted by the Embassy to move freely in
many areas in the center of Algiers, but are required to maintain prudent
security practices. Travel by personnel to areas of the city outside this
zone requires prior coordination with the Embassy's regional security
office. American visitors are encouraged to contact the Embassy's Consular
Section for the most recent safety and security information concerning
travel in the city of Algiers.
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The Department of
State cautions Americans who reside or travel in Algeria to take prudent
security measures while in the country, including making provisions for
reliable and experienced logistical support. This support should include
being met upon arrival and accompanied for the duration of the visit.
Visitors should ensure that tour operators and host organizations perform
all notifications and coordination with Algerian police and security
officials during their stay. Visitors to Algeria are advised to stay only in
hotels where adequate security is provided. All visitors to Algeria should
remain alert and adhere to prudent security practices such as avoiding
predicable travel patterns. Overland travel between major cities should be
avoided.
American citizens in or traveling to Algeria are also urged to register and
to obtain updated information on travel and security in Algeria at the
Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Algiers or on our travel
registration website at
https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs. The
Embassy is located at 4 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi, B.P. 408 (Alger-Gare)
16000, in the capital city of Algiers. The Embassy can be reached at
telephone [213] (21) 691-425; [213] (21) 691-186; or fax [213] (21) 693-979.
U.S. citizens who require emergency services may telephone the Embassy at
[213](21) 691-255.
U.S. citizens should also consult the Department of State's Consular
Information Sheet for Algeria, and the current Worldwide Caution and Middle
East and North Africa Public Announcements, which are available on the
Department's Internet web site at
http://travel.state.gov. American citizens may
also obtain updated information on travel and security conditions by calling
1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada, or, from overseas,
1-202-501-4444.
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