... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb...
(GSPC) surrendered to security services in the province of Jijel, 360 km east of Algiers; two of them surrendered in the night from Monday to Tuesday and the other three, aged between 45 and 50, the night before, after years of activities within the armed terrorist groups.
These are two chief
terrorists, one from the province of Constantine and the other from Mila, who joined the terrorist organization in 1994. The three other terrorist leaders who activated in the eastern regions of the country, among them the former emir of the sixth zone, terrorist Lemloum Amar, aka Zakaria, born April 18, 1970 in Beni Mehboub, District of El Milia (Jijel), who joined the armed terrorist groups in 1994, a specialist in bombs.According to sources who have reported information, the two bully boyz who surrendered in the night from Sunday to Monday, were in possession of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition and explosives, grenades, explosives, GPS devices and mobile phones, they handed over to the authorities.
The surrender took place, according to information received, following the lifting of emergency rule and the new measures taken at the last Council of Ministers, in favor of armed elements who are willing to surrender as part of peace and national reconciliation.
Observers said the surrender of the former GSPC is regarded as a fatal blow given to the terrorist organization which continues to lose its gray matter for two years after it had lost all legal and religious legitimacy.