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| Three terrorists killed in the region of Sidi Bel Abbes |
| 2011-02-13 |
| [Ennahar] Three gunnies were killed in less than 24 hours in the region of Sidi-Bel-Abbes (430 km west of Algiers), an Algerian security source said Saturday. A terrorist, who had joined the gangs in 1994, was killed during a raid by security forces in the mountainous region of Tafrent, the source said, quoted by news agency APS. Friday afternoon, two members of the terrorist group "Houmat Ed-Daawa ES-Salafia (Defenders of Salafist Preaching HDS) were killed during this operation in the same area, the source said. The HDS is a splinter group of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), which was founded in 1996 in western Algeria. The GIA, the most bloodthirsty of the Algerian gangs had been dismantled by the authorities in January 2005. |
| Posted by:Fred |