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| Basic Info: Terrorists kidnapped a Peruvian, a Filipino
and a Colombian from the cafeteria of an Italian construction firm in
Tiaret. The three were found dead some fifty kilometers from the
abduction site with their throats cut. On 26 October, the GIA claimed
responsibility for this and other attacks against foreigners.
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| Basic Info: Three French diplomats were kidnapped as they
left their apartment in Algiers. A police officer who attempted to
prevent the kidnapping was shot and killed. On 26 October, the Armed
Islamic Group claimed responsibility for the incident. The three
diplomats were released unharmed on the night of 30 October.
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| Basic Info: A large group of terrorists attacked a work
camp of a hydro electric project in Tamezguida. Fourteen Croatian
citizens were taken out of the camp. Twelve were murdered by slitting
their throats, but two others escaped with injuries. On 16 December,
the Armed Islamic Group claimed responsibility, stating that the
attack was part of an ongoing campaign to rid Algeria of all
foreigners and to avenge Muslims killed in Bosnia.
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| Basic Info: Two French priests were shot and killed by
two male assailants in the lower Casbah district of Algiers. In its
weekly publication, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), claimed
responsibility.
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| Basic Info: Five French Embassy employees were killed and
one injured when guerrillas from the Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
attacked a French residential compound in Algiers.
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| Basic Info: Approximately 30 members of the Armed Islamic
Group (GIA) attacked an oil base, killing one French and one Italian
worker.
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| Basic Info: Members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
hijacked an Air France flight in Algeria. The plane arrived in
Marseille, France on 26th December. A French anti-terrorist unit
stormed the plane, ending the 54-hour siege in which three hostages
were killed by the terrorists. All four terrorists were killed during
the rescue.
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| Basic Info: The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed
responsibility for the murders of four Catholic priests. The murders
were apparently in retaliation for the deaths of four FIA hijackers
the previous day in Marseille.
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| Basic Info: Armed assailants attempted to kill two
priests, one French and one Swiss, belonging to the order of the White
Fathers. The priests escaped unharmed. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
is suspected in the attack.
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| Basic Info: Gunmen shot and killed a Frenchman as he
drove through a park. A woman also was injured in the attack. The GIA
is suspected.
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| Basic Info: A Palestinian student attending The Algerian
Arab College was murdered by an armed group who stormed the area where
he and his family lived. The armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected.
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| Basic Info: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group
(GIA) attacked employees of a pipeline company, killing two Frenchmen,
a Briton, A Canadian, and a Tunisian. One Algerian security guard was
also killed at the attack.
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| Basic Info: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group
(GIA) shot and killed a French couple in Algiers. No one claimed
responsibility for the attack.
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| Basic Info: Two assailants assassinated a cofounder of
the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front and his bodyguard in a Paris
mosque. No one claimed responsibility for the murders. Earlier the
same year, Algerian publications reportedly received a communique from
the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) listing their priority targets including
the victim.
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| Basic Info: Suspected Armed Islamic Group (GIA) militants
shot and killed an Italian National in Oran.
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| Basic Info: Unidentified assailants shot and killed two
nuns in the Belcourt district of Algiers. One of the victims was
French and the other Maltese. Authorities suspect the Armed Islamic
Group (GIA).
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| Basic Info: Four suspected Islamic extremists shot and
killed two Latvian seamen and wounded a third. No one has claimed
responsibility, but the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected.
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| Basic Info: Armed Islamic Group (GIA) extemists kidnapped
seven French monks from their monastery in the Medea region. On 26
April, the GIA offered to free the monks in exchange for the release
of GIA members held in France. On 21 May, the group stated that they
killed the monks in response to the French Government's refusal to
negotiate with them.
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| Basic Info: A bomb exploded at the home of the French
Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. The attack occurred
after the Archbishop's meeting with the French Foreign Minister. The
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected.
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