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- ↑ "Algeria confirms prison riot - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Algeria: Six Months Later, Cover-Up Continues in Prison Clash that Left 100 Inmates Dead". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ↑ "Muslims, Croats to merge armies". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ↑ Mickolus, Edward F.; Simmons, Susan L. (1997). Terrorism, 1992-1995: A Chronology of Events and a Selectively Annotated Bibliography. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-30468-2.