Suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed five Algerian soldiers and wounded 10 others in Tizi Ouzou province. The soldiers' convoy was struck by multiple explosives before coming under fire by AQIM during an operation sweeping for Islamist fighters in the province. More than 7,500 Islamists have taken advantage of the amnesty offered by the Algerian government since 2005.
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