THE WHITE HOUSE




                     Office of the Press Secretary




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For Immediate Release                                   January 31, 1995






		       STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT








     The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the

terrible atrocity in Algiers yesterday which took the lives of dozens of

innocent Algerians and wounded hundreds more.  On behalf of the

American people, I want to express my deepest sympathy to the Government

of Algeria and to the families of the victims.  Such indiscriminate and

senseless terror cannot be excused or justified.  It can only serve to

deepen the profound crisis and increase the suffering through which

Algeria is now living.




     This outrage comes just one week after a similar terrorist bombing

in Israel.  Whether in Netanya or Algiers, extremism, violence and

terror must not silence the voices of those who work for peace and

reconciliation.  It is our profound hope that reason and dialogue can

transcend violence and hate and that a better future can be realized for

all the people of Algeria.




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