I wondered about the end of the amnesty in Algeria

I've been trying to find some sort of meaningful information about the current situation in Algeria. I wanted something about this "amnesty" ending at the end of the month, in a way that made sense for an under-informed and politically-ignorant like me. I wondered why we were ending up with increased security at the rig. Well, I know a little more and I hate to say but I can work myself up to being worried about it...Knowledge might be power but Ignorance is bliss... I know what I am going for!

Anyway, here it some of what I found:
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August 15, 2006
Algeria: Islamists Of Salafist Group Increase Attacks
News fromAKI states that the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) has been increasing in ferocity, in the run-up to an amnesty issued by the Algerian government. The government has offered an amnesty to members of Islamic militant groups who hand themselves in to the authorities by August 31, provided these have not been involved in violent assaults. GSPC is the best known and most organised of the Islamist groups in the country, with cells also operating in Spain, Italy, France and Mauritania. It has links with Al Qaeda.
On Saturday (August 12), there were five bombs set for a military patrol in Maazula. Earlier there had been four bombs set off at al-Qadiriya, 50 miles west of ALgiers, the capital. Troops had been gathering in both regions, preparing for an offensive against the militants who are hiding out in the mountains.
The UK-based Arabic news source Asharq Alawsat stated that there will be a massive offensive against the militants next month in the mountain areas, where about 300 militants are based. GSPC have rejected the amnesty.
In June, the interior minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, said that 200 Islamists had surrendered under an amnesty which had been approved in February. There were an estimated 800 militants which the government said could benefit from such an amnesty.
The February agreement also allowed for 2,200 Islamists to be freed, and allowed for compensation to be paid to victims of the violence, which began in 1992 when the army prevented a democratically elected Islamist regime from taking power. Since then thousands of people, mostly civilians, have died. Estimates of deaths range from 150,000 to 200,000.
On September 29 last year, a referendum was called by the government, to let the public decide whether or not to provide an amnesty. The public voted to approve the arrangement, but within hours of the official announcement of the poll results on October 1, the GSPC announced it would not abide with any agreement.
On a website, a spokesman for GSPC, Abou Mossab Abdelouadoud, whose real name is Abdelmalek Droukdel announced: "The Jihad will go on ... we have promised God to continue the Jihad and the combat."