A series of attacks targeted public transport systems in Paris and Lyon, as well as a school in Villeurbanne, in 1995. They were carried out by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA), who sought to expand the Algerian Civil War to France. The attacks killed eight people, all during the first attack on 25 July. The attack also injured 190 people.
An Islamist insurgency is taking place in the Maghreb region of North Africa, followed on from the end of the Algerian Civil War in 2002. The Algerian militant group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) allied itself with al-Qaeda to eventually become al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The Algerian and other Maghreb governments fighting the militants have worked with the United States and the United Kingdom since 2007, when Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara began.
Mohamed Fellag is an Algerian comedian, writer, humorist, and actor. In 1958, at the height of the Algerian war of independence, his father took him and his younger brother, for their safety, to stay with an aunt in Beni-Messous where they went to primary school. He did his secondary studies in Tizi-Ouzou He entered the School of Dramatic Arts of Algiers in 1968 and stayed there for four years performing in several theatres throughout Algeria.
The 2008 Zemmouri bombing occurred on August 9, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Zemmouri, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 8 and injuring 19. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The 2010 Tidjelabine bombing occurred on April 7, 2010, when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Tidjelabine, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 5. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The 2006 Tidjelabine bombing occurred on June 19, 2006, when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the Garde communale in the town of Tidjelabine, Boumerdès Province, Algeria injuring 3. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
In Algeria, the Garde Communale, was a paramilitary troop in charge of monitoring and protecting the municipalities during the Algerian Civil War.
The 2006 Boudouaou bombing occurred on August 8, 2006, when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the Algerian police in the town of Boudouaou, Boumerdès Province, Algeria injuring 3. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The August 2010 Baghlia bombing occurred on August 18, 2010 when a bomb detonated against a convoy of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces in the town of Baghlia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 3 and injuring 5. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The 2012 Baghlia bombing occurred on April 29, 2012 when a bomb detonated against a patrol of the Algerian police in the town of Baghlia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria injuring 7. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was suspected as being responsible.
The 2008 Naciria bombing occurred on January 2, 2008 when a bomb detonated into the headquarters of the Algerian police in the town of Naciria, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 4 and injuring 20. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing occurred on September 21, 2010 when a bomb detonated against the patrol of the Algerian police in the town of Bordj Menaïel, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 3. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.
The 2012 Thénia bombing occurred on January 11, 2012 when a bomb detonated against a patrol of the Algerian Customs in the town of Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Algeria injuring 2. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was suspected as being responsible.
The villa Sésini is a torture center established in El Biar during the Algerian war in the city of Algiers.
Mohamed Aïchaoui was an Algerian journalist and militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Aïchaoui wrote the Declaration of 1 November 1954, the National Liberation Front's first appeal to the Algerian people at the start of the Algerian War. After earlier imprisonment and torture, he died in a 1959 clash with the French army.
The Declaration of 1 November 1954 is the first independentist appeal addressed by the National Liberation Front (FLN) to the Algerian people, marking the start of the Algerian Revolution and the armed action of the National Liberation Army (ALN).
Ahmed Mahsas was an Algerian militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria.
Omar Fetmouche is an Algerian artist, actor and playwright.
