Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:activeYears 1992-2002
gptkbp:alliedWith Al-Qaeda
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Algerian_Civil_War
gptkbp:country gptkb:Algeria
gptkbp:designation terrorist organization (by Algeria, France, US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, Russia, UN)
gptkbp:dissolved 2002
gptkbp:goal establish Islamic state in Algeria
overthrow Algerian government
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Algiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA)
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Islamism
Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkbp:method kidnappings
guerrilla warfare
terrorist attacks
massacres
assassinations
bombings
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:1995_Paris_Metro_bombings
gptkb:1994_Air_France_Flight_8969_hijacking
massacres during Algerian Civil War
gptkbp:notableEvent massacres of civilians
internal purges
decline after 1999
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Abdelhak_Layada
gptkb:Djamel_Zitouni
gptkb:Mohamed_Said
gptkb:Mustapha_Kartali
gptkb:Antar_Zouabri
Ayyad Abdelkader
Mansour Meliani
Mohamed Bouslimani
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Algerian_security_forces
civilians
foreigners
journalists
politicians
religious leader
intellectuals
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:France
gptkbp:rival gptkb:Salafist_Group_for_Preaching_and_Combat_(GSPC)
gptkbp:separates Islamic Armed Movement (MIA)
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb_(AQIM)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6