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Algerian security services kill al-Qaeda brigade leader
 Algerian security services killed terrorist Bentitraoui Omar, a.k.a Abu Khitma, in a restaurant near Boumerdes late Wednesday, Tout sur l'Algerie reported on Thursday (February 5th). Omar was a leader of the El Feth Brigade, one of al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb's five constituent groups. After Omar refused to surrender, the security services stormed the restaurant and shot him dead. Another brigade leader, Ali Ben Touati of the Al Ansar group, surrendered last week to Algerian security officers in response to former GSPC chief Hassan Hattab's appeal for Islamist fighters to lay down their weapons. In related news, a terrorist attack Tuesday on an army patrol in Ait Chafaa, Tizi Ouzou province, claimed a second life, after one of nine wounded soldiers died Thursday of his injuries. One soldier was killed on the spot. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-07 |
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