| LC control no. | n 2003063073 |
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| Corporate name heading | Groupe islamique armé (Algeria) |
| Variant(s) | GIA Armed Islamic Group (Algeria) |
| Found in | Terror on the pitch, 2002: p. 76 (Armed Islamic Group (GIA); Algerian militant underground organization, with anti-Western philosophy; came into existence in around 1991; leaders include: Abu Abdallah Ahmed, Ahmed Zaoui, etc.) Political handbook of the world, 1999: p. 24 (under Algeria: Armed Islamic Group (GIA); Groupe Islamique Armé (GIA); in the 1990s, the Group emerged a militant underground fundamentalist organization; its guerilla force largely is made up of those who fought with the mujaheddin in Afghanistan; placed on the US State Dept list of terrorist organizations in mid-1995; leaders include: Antar Zouabi; Slimane Maherzi; Ahmed Zaoui; Sheikh Abdel-Haq al-Ayadi; Mohammed Said) |
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