location: Sidi Kaci
notes: A band of militants was raided when security forces detected their bungalow 20 km from Sidi Kaci. Several were killed--the total number of deaths is unspecified. The militants planned to attack the nearby Japanese Consortium for the Algerian Motorway, which is building a major segment of the West-East Highway. They belonged to a network of 20 militants operating between and El Tarf and El Oued, which was detected after the arrest of two militant leaders (date/location of arrest unspecified).
target_text: location: Sidi Kaci, fatalities: 3