    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book I)]
    [January 31, 1995]
    [Page 131]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Terrorist Attack in Algeria
    January 31, 1995

        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 dialog can
    transcend violence and hate and that a better future can be realized for
    all the people of Algeria.