Islamic Armed Movement
The Algerian Islamic Armed Movement or Islamic Armed Movement or Armed Islamic Movement (French: Mouvement Islamique Armé) (MIA) was an Islamic terrorist group active in Algeria in the 1980's.[1][2] The group was founded by Mustafa Bouyali in 1981[3] or April 1982[4] or July 1982[5] after a confrontation with security services. The group, which carried out attacks against the government in the Larbaa region,[6] was a loose association of small groups which Bouyali proclaimed himself the amir of.[7] On August 27 or August 29,[8] 1985, MIA insurgents headed by Bouyali, attacked a police school in Soumaâ, killing an officer and lotting the weapons and ammunition.[9] The group of several hundred lasted for 5 years, until Bouyali was killed in February 1987 when found hiding in an Algiers kasbah. Other important MIA members were subsequently jailed, but released in 1989 due to political reforms.
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