The “Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat” also known as “AQIM” recognises, in a statement issued Monday in some jihadist forums belonging to Al Qaida on the internet , that it is now going through hard days of sufferance due to the blatant lack of material and moral support.

• The terrorist group also confirmed that it is in dire need to be supported by new elements.
• The statement carries in its phrases, words that confirm what had already been reported by the media about a severe shortage in the group, including the lack of new recruits within its ranks, especially in the light of the relentless military operations in the different parts of Algeria and the  tight stranglehold  imposed  by ANP forces on its elements in recent days.
• Previously, Former commanders of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) drew up a road map to reactivate the endeavour of the National Reconciliation via an awareness-raising campaign among terror support cells.
• They stressed the necessity of social care for repentant terrorists, saying the security system in Algeria changed and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took courageous measures which must be backed.
• Three former senior members of the GSPC organised a news conference in Algiers last week and expounded the main points of the National Reconciliation initiative promoted by Hassan Hattab, founder of the group.
• Abu Omar Abdelbar: “I call on religious scholars to avoid excoriating armed groups”
• Former chief of media commission Omar Abu Abdelbar said he called on armed groups to stop their acts. “We know our brothers’ mentality and we believe that they may be convinced if they trust military and administrative authorities.”
• Musab Abu Daoud: “Security system altered”
• Abdelkader Ben Messaoud said many of GSPC leaders are not convinced in its current situation and they were against its affiliation to Al-Qaeda under the leadership of Droudkel.
• “I talked to GSPC from Mali, Mauritania and Niger. They told me they joined Droudkel’s group under the cover of Al-Qaeda’s temptations.”
• “This affiliation came as the same time with the promulgation of the Charter for Peace,” he added.
• Abu Zakaria: “Banning obstacles and  promoting social care to ensure the success of the National Reconciliation endeavour”
• Chief of the medical commission, Abu Zakaria said the main hindrances faced by the armed groups are the administrative ones. “If these people trust the authorities’ will to provide social care for them within two years, none of them will stay in the mountains.”
• He recalled that President Bouteflika said doors of repentence would remain open. “That’s positive. After five years, we will see tangible results and the general amnesty will come up with a safe life.”