Nabil Sahraoui

Nabil Sahraoui

Nabil Sahraoui (c. 1964^[1] – 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, now renamed Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb) from August 2003 until his death the following year.^[2]

In 2003 he pleged allegiance as GSPC leader to Usama bin Ladin's Al Qaeda organization.^[3]

He was killed in a shootout with the Algerian army on June 20, 2004.^[4] He was replaced as head of the GSPC by Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, ^[5] over the objections of former leader Hassan Hattab.^[6]

Notes

1. ^ (French) L'Algérie a (presque) éradiqué le terrorisme, Magazine Marianne, September 11, 2004
2. ^ GSPC Rival Leader Hattab Reclaims Title, Terrorism Focus, Volume 2, Issue 21 (November 14, 2005)
3. ^ Report: Salafist leader killed in Algeria, Al Jazeera archive
4. ^ Algerian armed forces say rebel leader is killed Taipei Times (Reuters report), June 21, 2004
5. ^ ploughshares.ca website
6. ^ GSPC Rival Leader Hattab Reclaims Title

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