Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Armed_Islamic_Group_(GIA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:activePeriod 1992-2002
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Algeria
gptkbp:designation gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:United_States
militant
gptkbp:dissolved 2002
gptkbp:founded 1992
gptkbp:goal Establishment of an Islamic state in Algeria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Islamism
Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Algerian_Civil_War
massacres of civilians
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:1995_Paris_Metro_bombings
gptkb:Algerian_massacres_(1990s)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Abdelhak_Layada
gptkb:Djamel_Zitouni
gptkb:Antar_Zouabri
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Algerian_Army
gptkb:Algerian_government
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:France
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Salafist_Group_for_Preaching_and_Combat_(GSPC)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Algerian_Civil_War
gptkb:Salafist_Group_for_Preaching_and_Combat_(GSPC)
gptkb:Amari_Saifi
gptkb:1994_Air_France_Flight_8969_hijacking
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7