Algeria’s Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) has suffered a crippling blow, losing two key figures in less than a fortnight. A July 30th ambush by security services killed 34-year-old Sid Ali Rachid, nicknamed Ali Dix, the mastermind behind the April 11th terror attacks that targeted government buildings in Algiers and the July 11th attack on an army barracks in Lakhdaria. Algerian forces conducted the ambush in the region of Iboudrarene (Tizi Ouzou province) with the help of locals, who gave them valuable information on the movements of terrorist groups. Full Story
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