Samir Moussaab

Samir Moussaab (born Samir Saioud) was the second highest ranking member of the "North African Islamic Al-Qaeda" until the Algerian army shot and killed him in Si Moustapha village in Boumerdes, Algeria on April 26, 2007. [http://english.people.com.cn/200704/27/eng20070427_370264.html Key terrorist ring-leader killed in northern Algeria] People's Daily Online] Former members of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, which changed its name to Al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa when it allied with Al-Qaeda in January 2007, identified his body. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/26/africa/AF-GEN-Algeria-Al-Qaida.php Report: Al-Qaida No. 2 in Algeria killed during clash with army] International Herald Tribune]

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