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Hassan Hattab might not be as dead as first thought
Maybe heâs a Time Lord.Hassan Hattab, founder of the main Islamic fundamentalist group waging a guerrilla war against the Algerian state, is alive despite previous reports, an Arabic-language newspaper reported this week. Hattab is "still active in the Tizi Ouzou region" in the northeastern Kabylie region, Sawt El Ahrar quoted an unidentified source in the security services as saying. Algerian troops searched the nearby Sid Ali Bounab forest for three days, seeking "Hattabâs main guerrilla group ... after ascertaining that they are in this zone," the newspaper reported. On May 11, the daily LâExpression said Hattab had been "executed" last year on the orders of two top aides, Amari Saifi, known as Abderrazak "the Para," and Sahraoui. But a few days later the same paper said he was still leader of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), a senior army officer said. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-05-28 |
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