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Algerian massacres in 1997
Massacres in which over 50 people were killed:
Thalit massacre	3-4 April
Haouch Khemisti massacre	21 April
Dairat Labguer massacre	16 June
Si-Zerrouk massacre	27 July
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre	3 August
Souhane massacre	20-21 August
Beni-Ali massacre	26 August
Rais massacre	29 August
Beni-Messous massacre	5-6 September
Guelb El-Kebir massacre	19 September
Bentalha massacre	22 September
Sid El-Antri massacre	23-24 December
Wilaya of Relizane massacres	30 December
1996 - [Edit] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Algerian_massacres_of_1997&action=edit) - 1998

The largest of the Souhane massacres took place in the small mountain town of Souhane (about 25 km south of Algiers, between Larbaa and Tablat) on the 20-21 August 1997. 64 people were killed, and 15 women kidnapped; the resulting terror provoked a mass exodus, bringing the town's population down from 4000 before the massacre to just 103 in 2002. Smaller-scale massacres later took place on November 27, 1997 (18 men, 3 women, 4 children killed) and 2 March 2000, when some 10 people from a single household were killed by guerrillas. The massacres were blamed on Islamist groups such as the GIA. During the bloody Algerian civil conflict of the 1990s, a variety of massacres occurred. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... The Haouch Khemisti massacre took place before dawn on 22 April 1997 in the Algerian village of Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti (also spelled Boughelef Khemisti, Haouch Boughlef-Khemisti, Haouch Boukhelef-Khemisti, Haouch Boughfi el-Khemisti, Haouch Boughelaf, or Haouch Khmisti Bougara), some 25 km south of Algiers near Bougara. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... The Dairat Labguer massacre took place on June 16, 1997 - less than two weeks after parliamentary elections - in the hamlet of Dairat Labguer (also (mis)spelled Dairat Labguar, Dairat Lebguar, Daïat Labguer, Daïret Lebguer, Dairet Lebguer) near Msila, 300 km southeast of Algiers. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... The Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre took place on 3 August 1997 in two villages near Arib (see map) in the wilaya of Ain Defla, Algeria. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Beni-Ali massacre took place in the mountain hamlet of Beni Ali, 40 miles south of Algiers near Chrea, on 26 August 1997. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... On August 29, 1997, what may have been Algerias bloodiest massacre of the 1990s occurred at the village of Rais, near Larbaa and south of Algiers. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... The Beni-Messous massacre took place on the night of September 5, 1997, in Sidi Youssef, an outlying neighborhood of the town of Beni-Messous. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... The Guelb El-Kebir massacre took place in a small town near Beni Slimane (Medea, Algeria; see map) on the night of the 19-20 September 1997. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... At the village of Bentalha, west of Algiers (Algeria), on the night of September 22-23, 1997, more than 200 villagers were killed by armed guerrillas. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... The Sid El-Antri massacre took place on the night of 23- 24 December 1997 in two small villages near Tiaret, Algeria. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... For other uses, see Algiers (disambiguation). ... (Redirected from 20 August) August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Gia is a 1998 film about the life of bisexual drug-abusing supermodel Gia Marie Carangi. ...

External links

Souhane in 2005 (http://www.elwatan.com/2005-02-01/2005-02-01-12735)
Turkish Daily News (http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:xrPOkr7FjnUJ:www.turkishdailynews.com/old_editions/08_25_97/for3.htm+souhane+massacre&hl=en)
Violence (http://membres.lycos.fr/troubles/violence.htm)
Dagsbladet (http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/1997/11/29/42510.html)

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	Souhane is a small mountain town between Larbaa and Tablat in the wilaya of Blida, Algeria, along the RN 8 highway about 25 km south of Algiers.
	Following the Souhane massacre of 20 August-21 August 1997, in which 64 people were killed and 15 women kidnapped, the terrified population left en masse, bringing the town's population down from 4000 before the massacre to just 103 in 2002; since then, the population has increased, to 300 in 2005.
	In the local elections of 2002, it gave 5 seats to the traditional single party the FLN, 1 to the recent pro-military RND, and 1 to the moderate Islamist HMS[1].

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	Massacre has a number of meanings, but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass murder, especially of noncombatant civilians without any reasonable means of defense, that would qualify as war crimes or atrocities.
	Massacres in this sense do not typically apply to combatants, except figuratively, although the deliberate mass killings of prisoners of war are often considered massacres.
	Additionally, the word massacre is often used for political or propaganda purposes, and the choice of whether to label an event a massacre may become a sensitive one; see, for example, the Kent State shootings.

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