1. Ngafla Bakayoko Yolanda Alvarez Jimena Galdos

2.  The political use of violence or intimidation (The American Heritage Dictionary)  “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85)  Characteristics include: Using weapons or performing random acts of violence Part of a organization or act individually to promote and ideology, either political, religious, or economic

3.  POLITICAL: Intended to cause political effect; eliminating stages of war and raising armies and goes directly to attack  PSYCHOLOGICAL: Intend to cause terror aimed at a target audience rather than the individuals in the act. Target audience may be the population as a whole, a specific portion of a society (ethnic, race), or political, social, or military elites. Intended to cause destruction or widespread fear  DYNAMIC: Demand change, revolutions, or a political movement. Seek to "turn back the clock" or restore some cherished value system. No act of terror is done to keep things the same.  COERCIVE: Actual target of terrorism is not the victim of the violence, but the psychological balance  Random to public, but strategically planned by terrorist/terrorist group  Acts/ initiation of murder, arson, and kidnapping regardless of the legitimacy of the government enforcing the laws.

4.  WHEN :formed during the 1990's in Algeria  WHY: The GIA grew out of a 1992 decision by Algeria's military government to cancel an election in which it appeared that a moderate, mainstream Muslim party, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), was headed for victory  The backlash of canceling the election took many forms, which includes the formation of the Islamic Salvation Army, a militant group linked with the FIS  The separate and more radical GIA soon gained a reputation for mayhem and murder, targeting those related even little bit to the military and the government, as well as killing innocents and foreign nationals.  Tactics include car bombing, hijacking, assassinations and massacres  After conducting brutal massacres over seas and within Algeria, support from Algeria and Al-Qaeda declined

5.  GIA hijacked Air France flight 8969 in 1994.  The GIA held captive 173 passengers, most of them were from France. They killed three people: an Algerian policeman, a Vietnam diplomat, and a chef from the French embassy.  After two days the France’s National Gendarmerie Innervations Group (GIGM) rescued the remaining passengers and the four armed militants were killed during the operation. Only 25 were wounded, one was a critical condition.

6.  GIA did this to force France to end its political, military and economic aid with Algeria  France’s citizens, especially diplomats were scared to travel to Algeria.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7a5D3sMJ KM&app=desktop

7.  French court sentenced two GIA members to serve a life sentence after found guilty of conducting a series of bombing throughout France  Strength of GIA has reduced to 30-100 member world wide according to several counterterrorism organizations.  Continued attacks in Blinda Province, Algeria in 2005 where Authorities recovered weapons and explosives.  According to this information, it can be stated that the GIA plans future acts of terrorism

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