Chapter 3419: Insider

"Well, we will try to get the Scimitar to contact the two informants. He is from Tuareg, and there is not much difference in appearance from the Berber merchant there." Lin Rui nodded.
Vitalk nodded, "Be sure to contact the informant before acting. He will provide you with more information."
Two days later, Lin Rui and others came to Algeria.
Algerians are less involved in jihadist groups because their government security agencies exercise strict control over jihadist groups.
This is not to say that there is no violent jihadist activities in the country. Localized jihadist activities are still continuing. Al-Qaida in the Maghreb attacked a military convoy in Ain Diffra, northern Algeria in July 2015. Up to this point.
However, the comprehensive security concept proposed by Algerians is not just a slogan. Their security forces remain vigilant and have strong combat capabilities. Algeria has 39 million inhabitants, and the number of police officers in the State Security Service is 209,000, a sharp increase from 90,000 in 2009. In contrast, Morocco has 33 million residents, and its similar institutions have only about 46,000 police officers. Even in France, with 65 million inhabitants, its national security agency has only 143,000 police officers.
And the Algerian government provides rewards to members of the security agency to keep them loyal. In 2010, the government increased the otherwise lucrative wages of employees in these institutions by 50%. The members of the security agency enjoy important benefits including housing: they were allocated a housing quota of 30,000 in 2013. The police can also get a performance award. The amount of this risk subsidy can be as high as 70% of the employee's salary. Employees who are transferred to remote areas can also get extra wages. Employees whose children pass the high school graduation exam can get a reward of $400.
The National People’s Army and its intelligence agency, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, provided support to the police and gendarmerie forces. The Algerian army has 512,000 active servicemen, while Tunisia, with a population of approximately 11 million, has an army of 40,500. Algeria has 400,000 reserve forces, while Tunisia has only 12,000. In fact, it is really going to fight. Algeria's active and reserve forces are fully capable of mobilizing millions of people.
With such strength, Algeria has strengthened its borders and sent more troops to guard the borders with Libya, Mali and Niger. By 14 years, Algeria had closed all borders except Tunisia, turning it into a military zone that only people with special security clearances could enter. More importantly, the Algerian army has advantages that the Moroccan and Tunisian armies do not have: extremely complete training and rich experience in counter-terrorism operations.
For these reasons, few people think that the Jihadist Alliance will develop into Algeria. In fact, the same is true, even Kuros only dared to operate in the border area. Even if they control the fortification village on the border, they dare not make a big fuss, they are just secretly restoring the troops.
Everything seemed normal in that village, except that there were a few more militants. Since most of the young people in this village have left their hometowns, in fact there are only a few old people left here, and the time for ruin is not far away. Algeria has experienced a decade of civil war, and no one cares about these militants.
Arab businessmen have been very famous in history. Arab businessmen are very trustworthy to their own people. When paying money, they will definitely pay immediately, and they will not go wrong. If you find yourself unable to do business, you will be willing to introduce other sellers to you. I hope I can make a business. They are absolutely professional in the buying and selling behavior, and the failure to do business does not affect their emotions at all. Even small merchants and hawkers are the same.
The scimitar wore a costume of local Berbers, who were the main force of local merchants and vendors. They usually wander around these villages with their goods and do various businesses. So when the scimitar appeared here, it did not attract much attention. Several militants even asked him if he had any cigarettes for sale.
The scimitar carefully took out a half pack of cigarettes, and the militant shook his head, "I want a whole pack."
In Africa, black people generally smoke and like to smoke, which is probably a large part of their boring life. But helpless ordinary black people can't afford cigarettes, at least a pack of cigarettes. Therefore, in local shops, cigarettes are generally sold seldom packaged, and more are sold one by one. There are even black people who want to get addicted to cigarettes, two or three people gather to buy a cigarette and then fight over who smokes first.
But Arabs in Africa are generally herdsmen, and they are a bit richer than blacks. They should not buy cigarettes scattered.
The scimitar took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it over. The militants took it and gave him some banknotes, and then told him, "You can't enter the village, you can only do business outside."
The scimitar took the banknotes and nodded again and again, like a panic and fearful hawker. He led the donkey cart and wandered around the village. Before people were paying attention, he used a stone to draw a mark on the wall of the village entrance, and then sat beside the donkey cart and waited.
About half an hour later, two other militants came over. One of them looked at the markings on the wall, walked slowly to the machete, and asked him what he sold.
The scimitar quickly asked them to look at the cargo on the car. There was a lot of fragmentary cargo on the car. The militant turned over, pretending to be watching the cargo, and whispered, "The personnel are in place, when will they act?"
"Tonight, after eight o'clock." Scimitar whispered.
"Then converge at nine o'clock, and the ruins to the east, when we are on duty, we will take you to action." The militant whispered.
"Carl?" Scimitar tentatively asked.
"I'm Jones, he's Carl." The militant whispered, "The night guard is very strict. Don't act without permission before you see us."
"Understood." The scimitar looked in the distance. The militants who bought cigarettes from him were walking over. He immediately gesticulated and said loudly, "There is no whole pack of cigarettes. They have been sold out just now."
Jones turned his head, and the other militants came over, took out a cigarette and handed him a cigarette with a smile, and then shrugged at him, meaning that he was too late. Jones and Carl seemed to kick the donkey cart a little annoyed, and turned to talk to the militants.
Scimitar took the opportunity to clean up, drove the donkey cart and turned away. Coming to the back of the small hill outside the village, Scimitar reported to Lin Rui about the meeting with the informant.
"It's about nine o'clock, near the ruins to the east. They will try to meet us and then take us to action." Scimitar whispered.
"Why is it nine o'clock?" Lin Rui frowned, "Isn't it after eight o'clock?"
"Because they are two informants on duty at nine o'clock, they can assist us in our actions." Scimitar whispered.