TY - BOOK ID - 134308496 TI - Algeria : developments and dilemmas PY - 1998 PB - Washington, District of Columbia : Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, DB - UniCat KW - Algeria KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134308496 AB - This report provides background information on the civil strife in Algeria, updating developments since the government abandoned talks with the Islamist Salvation Front in 1995 and began a process of institution-building. The result, however, did not restore peace. Rather, violence has become more indiscriminate. The culprits are harder to identify and may include government forces as well as Islamist extremists. Policymakers face the dilemma of wishing to hold the government to a higher standard of conduct as the upholder of the rule of law, while not wanting terrorists to benefit from criticisms of the government. The European Union, European governments, and the United States are reluctant to act for differing reasons, but support an international inquiry. For congressional concern, see H.Res. 374 , April 28, 1998. For background, see CRS Report 96-392, Algeria: Four Years of Crisis. ER -