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| Algeria sentences Mokhtar, Droukdel to 20 in jug |
| 2009-05-05 |
| [Maghrebia] An Algerian court on Sunday (May 3rd) sentenced al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb leader Abdelmalek Droukdel and Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who heads the group's operations along the Mali and Niger borders, in absentia to 20 years in prison, El Watan reported. In related news Sunday, a Boumerdes court sentenced Hachemi Hachemi to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges. Hachemi was reportedly responsible for murders, bomb attacks and kidnappings. He already faced life imprisonment and capital punishment for other convictions. |
| Posted by:Fred |