An Algeria rebel group has killed 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy after rejecting any truce with the government. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) posted a statement on its internet site claiming to have exploded bombs as the soldiers' road convoy went past on Friday in the Batna region, 430km east of the capital. Its fighters then opened fire with machine guns, killing 10 soldiers instantly, it said. It did not know the number of wounded. However, the Algerian government has confirmed the death of only four soldiers. Despite the arrest of its number two operative Amari Said last October, the GSPC is considered still the most dangerous and organised of Algeria's rebel Islamic forces. The GSPC has between 300 and 500 men, many former combatants from the war in Afghanistan, Algerian police chief Ali Tunsi said. Sahrawi has since been replaced by Abu Musab Abd al-Wadud, whose real name is Abd al-malik Durkdal.
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