ocr: Algeria is currently ruled by the military under a state of emergency. Elections have been promised in 1996. Main Political Issues Islamic fundamentalism Nearly 3,000 Algerians have died in the past two years from political violence. The country's new "mujahideen" (holy warriors) are engaged in what they see as a second war ofliberation, under the leadership ofthe Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). They wish to establish a theocracy along Iranian lines. The FIS has had considerable success at the polls. In the 1991 general election it took 188 of the 228 seats contested. However, the army declared ...
