Terrorist Yousef Belkhire, also called « Abou Ataba » who got 20 years prison by Medea criminal court, 80 km south west of Algiers, gave confessions about the hidden dark reality of the Islamic Armed Group “GIA” in which he was active, witnessing the scenes of terror in the regions of Medea and Blida, west of Algiers, and other neighbouring regions before he was arrested by the security forces accompanied by his fellow Abdelkader Americhe nicknamed “Abi Eddahdah”, who joined the terrorism early in the nineties and he was the assistant of the former eliminated leader Antar Azawabiri.

• Terrorist Abou Ataba said the national leader was living in Algiers along with his two half brothers, one called “Abbas” 9 years old and the other “Nouh” 11, who were used in his disguised movements and to transfer supplies and equipments.
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• According to the confessions, the three made up Algiers cell, they moved to Timezgida Mountains in Blida, west of Algiers, where they joined 8 terrorists including “Abou Eddahdah” who came from Boufarik, Abdelkrim also nicknamed Abou Abdellah Edziri, who came from El Akba Elhamra in Blida, and Sheikh Yahia from Ouazra, south of Medea, and the nicknamed Al Qàqa from Bouguerra in Blida.
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• “There was also an other terrorist group of 7 members in Tala Acha in Chria and Timezgida, as well as the group of Arramka west of Algeria led by the so called “Ilyas” who was chosen to be the national leader succeeding the leader Noreddine Abou Khotheima who was arrested by the security forces in Algiers in November, one month before “Abou Oteiba” and his brother joined GIA in 2004”.
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• However, vigilance of the security forces prevented him from joining Timezgida Mountains because he was arrested in Chlef, west of Algeria, during his move to Algiers in order to lead the group, that’s why Abou Yassine became leader of the GIA.
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• “Abou Yassine from Boufarik, 35 km west of Algiers, supported by the strongest terrorist in the group Abou Addahdah, here GIA begun a new bloody and criminal era, starting by the fake checkpoint of April 7, 2005 where 15 civilians attending a wedding ceremony were killed by terrorists who raped women and burned cars and people. The same terrorist group killed 3 civilians in Ain Romana, west of Blida, following the arrest of two terrorists “Yassine” and “QàQa” by the security forces in Blida”.
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• “The GIA ended its activity because of the successive strikes by the armed forces. The western group joined it and the members became 15 terrorists, who were ordered to assassinate an elderly and two youngsters in Blida, then murder of a citizen in Bata south of Medea”.
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• “The same terrorists killed another citizen on March 2006, a policeman and soldier in Ramadan 2005, unfortunately the security forces eliminated them just after the last attack”.
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• The terrorist added that the so called Abou Yassine, leader of the GIA, exercises strict control on the terrorists who wish to surrender.
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• The criminal court of Medea accused the terrorists Abou Otba with 7 criminal charges, and gives him 20 years prison after the hearing.