| 5,461,037 |
36.42411 |
4.01831 |
Algeria |
|
At least 11 armed Islamic extremists were killed by government troops in an offensive against the insurgents in northeastern Kabylie province. The 11 were part of a group of around 100 radical Islamic fundamentalists who have been surrounded by the army near Bouira. Newspapers reported Wednesday that the insurgents belong to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and that they were preparing to hold a conference, chaired by GSPC leader Hassan Hattab, in the Haizer hills. |
| 5,461,041 |
36.365 |
6.6147 |
Algeria |
|
Near the northeastern city of Constantine, 430 kilometers (260 miles) east of Algiers, a taxi driver was killed and his passenger injured when unknown assailants opened fire on the vehicle they were travelling in. |
| 5,461,045 |
36.42411 |
4.01831 |
Algeria |
|
Government forces conducted raids Thursday and Friday in the Djurdjura region, 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of the capital, Algiers. Five militants were killed over both days. |
| 5,461,049 |
36.42411 |
4.01831 |
Algeria |
|
Government forces conducted raids Thursday and Friday in the Djurdjura region, 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of the capital, Algiers. Five militants were killed over both days. |
| 5,461,053 |
36.16525 |
1.33452 |
Algeria |
|
Armed extremists slit the throats of two young men and wounded another in an ambush along a remote stretch of road in northwest Algeria: the incident occured overnight on Sunday near Chlef, some 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of the capital Algiers. Perpetrating group not identified. |
| 5,461,057 |
36.5435 |
3.99813 |
Algeria |
|
An Islamist militant affiliated with the Salafi Group for Call and Combat GSPC was killed this past Friday 30 August at about 2300 hours in Ighil Ouzemour near Mechtras in Tizi Ouzou Province |
| 5,461,061 |
36.42411 |
4.01831 |
Algeria |
|
Four armed Islamic extremists were killed and dozens more injured in an operation by the Algerian army to root out insurgents in northeastern Kabylie. According to reports, the four slain extremists were members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). They were killed when the army pounded a position in the Djurdjura mountains with heavy artillery. |
| 5,461,065 |
36.88216 |
4.66197 |
Algeria |
|
Reports that the army also shelled positions at Beni K'Sila and Cap Sigli in the Bejaia region, where GSPC radicals had sought refuge after their stronghold in the Djurdjura mountains came under attack. |
| 5,461,069 |
36.06629 |
1.12602 |
Algeria |
|
Four people, including two children, were killed in the attack by an armed group of an isolated hamlet near Boukadir in the Chlef region. Two girls were also kidnapped. |
| 5,461,073 |
36.30554 |
2.2248 |
Algeria |
|
Three people were killed by another armed group in the hamlet of Sidi Brahim, near Miliana, in the region of Aien Defla, residents who were not able to provide details about the number of attackers or their identity. |
