location: Sidi Ali Bounab
notes: The Algerian army has killed 26 Islamic extremists and lost eight soldiers in an operation to root out members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in the northeast. During the three-week operation, the army used heavy artillery to pound a base of the GSPC in the mountainous, wooded region of Sidi Ali Bounab. Fatalities split by week of campaign.
target_text: location: Sidi Ali Bounab, fatalities: 11