Security forces ambushed a car carrying four terrorists in Bouira province on July 19, killing all four when the vehicle caught fire. Among the dead were Bourihan Rabah a.k.a. Ayadh Abou Aberrahmane, who was head of inter-zonal communications for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; and AQIM communications officer and Rabah deputy Lafi Lakhdar a.k.a. Aboulwalid Touhami, a close associate of AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel. On the same day, security forces in El Oued province destroyed a vehicle laden with weapons from Libya and killed three gunmen aboard it.
