al Qaeda "It does exactly what it says on the tin"

The worlds No1 terror brand scored another victory whilst the west's security experts dismissed them!

When Algeria's militant GSPC group rebranded itself as the North African arm of al Qaeda, some Western security officials dismissed it as a PR stunt.

Less than a year later, it has built up a deadly track record that makes it the prime suspect in Tuesday's twin bomb blasts in the capital Algiers which killed at least 67 people.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Its revival in the oil- and gas-producing nation has forced a sharp reappraisal of the threat it might pose to the wider Maghreb region and even parts of Europe, as well as on home turf.