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	Armed Islamic Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallah) is a militant Islamist group with the declared aim of overthrowing the Algerian government and replacing it with an Islamic state.
		Under the leadership of Antar Zouabri, its longest serving "emir" (1996-2002), the GIA became a "takfirist" group, considering Algerian society to be in violation of Islamic precepts, therefore justifying the killing of members of that society as a form of purification of heretical elements.
		The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) splinter faction appears to have eclipsed the GIA since approximately 1998 and is currently assessed by the CIA to be the most effective armed group remaining inside Algeria.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armed_Islamic_Group (1345 words)

	Station Information - Armed Islamic Group
		The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé) is an Islamic fundamentalist group.
		The GIA aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.
		The Salafi Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) splinter faction appears to have eclipsed the GIA since approximately 1998 and is currently assessed by the CIA to be the most effective armed group remaining inside Algeria.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/armed_islamic_group.html (451 words)

	Islamic group calls for truce in Algeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But the Islamic Salvation Army's unprecedented call for a cease-fire was not likely to spell an end to the slaughter, which has been blamed mainly on the rival Armed Islamic Group, considered the most radical faction in the insurgency.
		The group is thought to be a mix of Muslim militants, despairing youths and common bandits.
		The Islamic Salvation Army is the military wing of the banned Islamic Salvation Front, once the most popular political party in Algeria but now second in notoriety to the Armed Islamic Group.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/09/24/algeria.html (762 words)

	Encyclopedia: Armed Islamic Group
		Antar Zouabri was the leader of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), an islamist guerilla army in Algeria, between 1996 and 2002.
		The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (French Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat) is an Algerian Islamist guerilla group which aims to overthrow the Algerian state and institute some sort of Islamic republic.
		Jihad (jihÄd Ø¬Ù‡Ø§Ø¯) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root jhd (to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to a political or military struggle to further the Islamic cause.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Armed-Islamic-Group (2729 words)

	Terrorism: Q & A \| Armed Islamic Group (Algeria, Islamists)
		The Armed Islamic Group (known by its French acronym, GIA) is a radical offshoot of Algeria’s main Islamist opposition.
		According to the State Department, the GIA “aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.” Beyond that, however, the GIA has not articulated precise political goals, and GIA cells are said to operate independently.
		According to the State Department, murders by armed groups in Algeria decreased from 1,525 in 2000 to 1,124 in 2001.
	www.terrorismanswers.com /groups/gia_print.html (1314 words)

	Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1995 - Appendix A: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected in the attack.
		A group calling itself the Algeti Wolves claimed responsibility for the attack in revenge for events in Chechnya and for the signing of the treaty on Russian military bases in Georgia.
		Armed assailants ambushed a two-vehicle advance for a convoy of foreigners, including Britons and Canadians, being escorted from a worksite to their accommodation camp.
	www.usemb.se /terror/rpt1995/appa.html (3017 words)

	Armed Islamic Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.bodawg.com /point/15542-armed-islamic-group.html (475 words)

	War on Terrorism - Terrorist Network - In the Spotlight: Armed Islamic Group (GIA) a.k.a Groupement Islamique Arme
		Djamel Zitouni then became head of the group until he was killed in factional fighting within the group in July 1996.
		The group's killings mostly occur in the rural regions of Algeria, touching the capital less.
		However, the government and its security forces may be partially responsible for some of the violence, as they have been repeatedly accused of infiltrating and directing GIA attacks in order to weaken popular support for Islamists by continuing the trail of violence.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/gia.cfm (831 words)

	N - Appendix B: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
		The group was involved in clashes in northern Lebanon in late December 1999 and carried out a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Russian Embassy in Beirut in January 2000.
		The group also attacked the Israeli Embassy in Argentina in 1992 and is a suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Israeli cultural center in Buenos Aires.
		The Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) splinter faction that began in 1996 has eclipsed the GIA since approximately 1998, and currently is assessed to be the most effective remaining armed group inside Algeria.
	www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10252.htm (8507 words)

	Few vote in Algerian referendum - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The pain remains just beneath the surface of this dusty town on the doorstep of the Algerian capital, the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in an Islamic insurgency that voters on Thursday were asked to put behind them.
		Algerians are to vote on the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation in a Sept. 29 referendum, opposed by some opposition parties and some families of victims of the violence that has killed at least 120,000 people since 1992.
		While the radical Armed Islamic Group blamed for the Sidi Rais slaughter and other massacres has been decimated, a spinoff group, the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, has grown increasingly potent -- particularly abroad -- and has sworn allegiance to al-Qaida.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/09/29/algerians_vote_on_peace_plan (993 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Armed Islamic Group
		The group, calling itself al-Islam's Army Brigades, al-Karar Brigade, said on a video that it had co-ordinated with officers and soldiers of "the American intelligence" to obtain a "huge amount of the explosives that were in the al-Qaqa'a facility".
		The GIA, or Armed Islamic Group, in Algeria and its radical offshoot known as the Salafist group, or GSPC..
		The group, also known by its acronym, GSPC, was founded in 1998 at the urging of bin Laden as an offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group, the violent domestic opposition to the Algerian government...
	politics.surfwax.com /files/Armed_Islamic_Group.html (4439 words)

	Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
		An Islamic extremist group, the GIA aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.
		The GIA began its violent activities in early 1992 after Algiers voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)--the largest Islamic party--in the first round of December 1991 legislative elections.
		The GIA hijacked an Air France flight to Algiers in December 1994, and suspicions centered on the group for a series of bombings in France in 1995.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/gia.htm (297 words)

	Nonviolence USA Global Hotspots2
		The Armed Islamic Group, the most radical and violent of Algerian organisations claiming to be Islamic integrists, came into being a couple of months before the Algerian parliamentary elections of December 1991.
		Similarly, there were questions about an objective alliance between the Islamic guerilla and certain corrupt circles such as the "political-financial mafia" (which includes former FLN members, the former single party) in the murder of intellectuals who dared condemn the corruption which is corroding Algerian society.
		Bin Laden and his mojahedin were armed and trained by the CIA and MI6, as Afghanistan was turned into a wasteland and its communist leader Najibullah left hanging from a Kabul lamp post with his genitals stuffed in his mouth.
	pages.prodigy.net /gmoses/nvusa/sept11g.htm (3256 words)

	Organization - Attack Search
		On 21 May, the group stated that they killed the monks in response to the French Government's refusal to negotiate with them.
		On 16 December, the Armed Islamic Group claimed responsibility, stating that the attack was part of an ongoing campaign to rid Algeria of all foreigners and to avenge Muslims killed in Bosnia.
		On 26 October, the Armed Islamic Group claimed responsibility for the incident.
	www.ict.org.il /inter_ter/orgattack.cfm?orgid=7 (747 words)

	09736 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An Islamic extremist terrorist group, the Armed Islamic Group aims to overthrow the secular Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state.
		A third terrorist group, the Islamic Salvation Army, accepted the amnesty and disbanded in 2000.
		According to Canadian authorities, Ressam was a member of a terrorist cell in Montreal connected to al-Qaida and the Armed Islamic Group.
	www.ibb.gov /editorials/09736.htm (351 words)

	Armed Islamic Group -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		militant Palestinian Islamic movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine.
		Support for the Islamic militant movement came primarily from grass roots guerrilla organizations, such as the Armed Islamic Group (GIA),...
		Much of the country was included in the ancient kingdoms of Songhai and Bornu, and during the 18th century the area came under Islamic rule.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9309924 (894 words)

	Armed Islamic Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The GIA began its violent activities in early 1992 after Algiers voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) - the largest Islamic party - in the first round of December 1991 legislative elections.
		The GIA uses assassinations and bombings, including car bombs, and it is known to favor kidnapping victims and slitting their throats.
		GIA has been linked to Usama Bin Laden's Al-Qaida, with the first "student" being trained in the Sudan by Al-Qaida in January of 1994, and later funds were traced from Bin Laden's headquarters (at the time) in Khartoumb, Sudan to a London cell of the GIA.
	www.milnet.com /tgp/data/gia.htm (281 words)

	SITE Institute: Background on Terrorist Groups - Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
		The GIA began its violent activity in 1992 after the military government suspended legislative elections in anticipation of an overwhelming victory by the Islamic Salvation Front, the largest Islamic opposition party.
		Since 1992, the GIA has conducted a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres, sometimes wiping out entire villages in its area of operation, although the group’s dwindling numbers have caused a decrease in the number of attacks.
		The group uses assassinations and bombings, including car bombs, and it is known to favor kidnapping victims.
	siteinstitute.org /bin/display_groupbackground.cgi?Category=Groups&ID=5 (175 words)

	Armed Islamic Group -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The GIA simultaneously began fighting an intra-Islamist battle against the armed branch of the FIS over which Islamist group would eventually achieve power in Algeria.
		In 1998, prior to the football world cup, France, in collaboration with the other European countries, launched a vast preventive operation against the GIA.
		Meanwhile, a 1999 amnesty law that was officially rejected by the GIA was accepted by many rank-and-file Islamist fighters; an estimated 85 percent surrendured their arms and returned to civilian life.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/armed_islamic_group.htm (509 words)

	Wilderness Survival Guide - Armed Islamic Group (GIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While it is unclear whether the group has a central authority or is a collection of smaller affiliated bands, it apparently seeks to overthrow the secular government of Algeria and replace it with a fundamentalist state based on Islamic law.
		The group’s activity has diminished because of a military crackdown and widespread popular revulsion to the killing of civilians.
		The group’s strength has apparently decreased substantially from its peak in the mid-1990s, but there is disagreement about the current number of members.
	survivalx.com /survival/terrorism_survival/armed_islamic_group_gia.html (648 words)

	Sentinel TMS Entity Record - Armed Islamic Group (GIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Armed Islamic Group (GIA) From: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002.
		Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description An Islamic extremist group, the GIA aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.
		The GIA began its violent activity in 1992 after Algiers voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front-the largest Islamic opposition party-in the first round of legislative elections in December 1991.
	www.trackingthethreat.com /content/entities/ent1554.htm (290 words)

	Armed Islamic Group (GIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, after its initials in French) is experiencing pressure in Algeria similar to that faced by Egyptian Islamist groups in Egypt.
		According to Patterns 2000, a GIA splinter group, the Salafi Group for Call and Combat, is now the more active armed group inside Algeria, although it is considered somewhat less violent in its tactics than is the GIA.
		Among its acts outside Algeria, the GIA hijacked an Air France flight to Algiers in December 1994, and the group is suspected of bombing the Paris subway system on December 3, 1996, killing four.
	www.world-digest.com /Terror/GIA.htm (661 words)

	Armed Islamic Group Reference Page
		The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) began its campaign the following year.
		Throughout the 1990s the group, along with other Islamic groups, engaged in a wide-reaching civil war with the military-backed secular government, with all sides committing horrendous atrocities.
		In 1999 the newly elected president Abdelaziz Bouteflika initiated a campaign to neutralize the country's fundamentalist groups.
	www.military.com /Resources/ResourceFileView/GIA-History.htm (219 words)

	The case of the GIA: Afghansi out of theater
		The group inside Algerian military intelligence (SM) known to manipulate the GIA is the group of "eradicators," hardliners who promote the eradication of all Islamists.
		Known arms suppliers/routes: Press reports refer to the Italian mafia in Sicily and Naples who supply weapons, legally purchased in Belgium and Switzerland from eastern European countries, which go through the Balkans to northern Italy, through Switzerland and Germany to the port of Hamburg, where they are shipped out to Algiers.
		After his death in 1987, his followers split into two groups; one led by Abdelkader Chebouti and Said Makloufi (formerly an FIS member), which became the MIA; and another, led by Mansouri Melliane, which were autonomous, nameless groups.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/1995/2241_gia.html (2607 words)

	USATODAY.com - Algeria arrests Islamic insurgent leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The arrest of Nourredine Boudiafi and the killing of Chaabane Younes are near-fatal blows to the seriously weakened GIA, as the movement is known, the statement said.
		Several other armed Islamists active around the capital also were arrested, along with a dozen others who provided logistical support, the statement said.
		The GIA was responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks at the height of the insurgency in the mid-1990s, including massacres in the villages of Rais and Benthala, south of Algiers, under another leader, Antar Zouabri, who was killed by security forces in 2001.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-01-03-alergia_x.htm (417 words)

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