Between 1992 and 1998 , the GIA conducted a violent campaign of civilian massacres , sometimes wiping out entire villages in its area of operation ( see List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s ; notably the Bentalha massacre and Rais massacre , among others . )
Sometimes they wiped out entire villages in its area of operation ( see List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s ; notably the Bentalha massacre and Rais massacre , among others ) .