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AQIM Treasurer Titzup in Algeria
[An Nahar] The treasurer of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was one of five Islamist faceless myrmidons killed by Algerian troops a clash this week east of the capital, a press report said Wednesday.

The French-language daily Liberte named him as Adel Bourai, alias Ayoub, aged 27, from the corpse-littered Boumerdes region where the Algerian army began a major sweep late last week.
That seems awfully young to be chief regional finance officer. Perhaps the level of needed skills isn't as great when it's really just a drug gang with delusions of grandeur.
I think it was an inside promotion. They had a sudden opening. Now they have another one...
The paper said the other four were all from the same region some 60 kilometers from Algiers and were aged between 28 and 35. It said they were killed as they were preparing to sail along the coast to Jiljel, 300 kilometers to the east, and a number of boats were also destroyed.

Elite army units backed by gunships started sweeping the Chouicha forest near corpse-littered Boumerdes to root out suspected members of AQIM, acting on information received, security sources said.

corpse-littered Boumerdes and the neighboring regions of blood-stained Tizi Ouzou and Bouira -- where groups affiliated to AQIM are active -- are those most affected by a recent surge in violence.


Posted by: Fred 2011-09-29
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