Nabil Sahraoui

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Nabil Sahraoui (d. June 20, 2004), alias Mustapha Abou Ibrahim was an Algerian Islamist militant, and the head of the radical Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC) from August 2003 until his death the following year.[1]

In 2003 he pleged allegiance as GSPC leader to Usama bin Ladin's Al Qaeda organization.[2]

He was killed in a shootout with the Algerian army on June 20, 2004.[3] He was replaced as head of the GSPC by Abou Mossab Abdelouadoud, [4] over the objections of former leader Hassan Hattab.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ GSPC Rival Leader Hattab Reclaims Title, Terrorism Focus, Volume 2, Issue 21 (November 14, 2005)
  2. ^ Report: Salafist leader killed in Algeria, Al Jazeera archive
  3. ^ Algerian armed forces say rebel leader is killed Taipei Times (Reuters report), June 21, 2004
  4. ^ ploughshares.ca website
  5. ^ GSPC Rival Leader Hattab Reclaims Title
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