Heavy deploymnet of Algerian army at border with Libya: Daily
March 6th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANSAlgiers, March 6 (IANS) The Algerian army has heavily deployed its troops along its border with Libya, a local daily reported Sunday.
Libya has been witnessing protests since Feb 14 against Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule.
A military field medical unit has also been sent to the border, Xinhua quoted el-Khabar newspaper as stating in a report Sunday.
The army has plans to heavily monitor air traffic over the Algerian cities near the border to prevent arms smuggling, it added.
A number of foreigners fleeing from the turmoil in Libya have begun arriving in Algeria after reports that pro-Gaddafi forces have started to guard exit routes to Tunisia and Egypt.
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