North Africa: Al-Qaida Group Menaces Maghreb, Sahel, Says U.S. Nov 19, 2009
"There is no question but that we need to take this possibility very seriously, especially in light of past attacks carried out by predecessors to AQIM such as Armed Islamic Group in France.". "We view the near-term likelihood of such an expansion of operations as less likely than it was just a few years ago," he said. (allAfrica.com)
Algeria timeline Oct 21, 2009
Violence increases and the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) emerges as the main group behind these operations ... 2005 January - Authorities announce the arrest of rebel Armed Islamic Group (GIA) head Nourredine Boudiafi and the killing of his deputy and declare the group to be virtually dismantled. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cover-Up Charged in Killing of Algerian Monks Jul 7, 2009
But in a June 25 statement to investigators looking into the case which was revealed Monday by French daily Le Figaro and confirmed by TIME with French security officials retired General Fran;ois Buchwalter blew the biggest hole yet in the conclusion that the seven men were killed by the extremist Armed Islamic Group (GIA). A former army intelligence official who was serving as military attach; to France's embassy in Algiers at the time of the killings, Buchwalter told French investigators that... (Time.com)
In Algeria, Twin Bombs Kill at Least 52 Jul 5, 2009
But he said the Algerian military and security forces might find it difficult to extinguish the threat, recalling the fate of the country's primary insurgent group from the early 1990s, known as the Armed Islamic Group. CONTINUED 1. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Boumediene's Baloney Jun 17, 2009
Had ties to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group. Paid 5,000 Deutsche Marks in 1998 to illegally obtain Bosnian citizenship. (Human Events Online)
FACTBOX-Key facts on al Qaeda N.Africa wing Jun 3, 2009
Founded in 1998, the GSPC eclipsed the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) to become the most effective armed group in Algeria. In October 2003, it offered its support to the al Qaeda network. (AlertNet)
Court dismisses Guantanamo detainees' bid for records Feb 17, 2009
He was arrested by Niagara Falls police in 1998 in the company of a man believed to be a high-ranking member of the Canadian chapter of the Armed Islamic Group, an Algerian terror group. Copyright (c) Canwest News Service. (Vancouver Sun)
