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| Abul Hammam, "head of El Forkan phalanx " eliminated |
| 2010-09-24 |
| [Ennahar] Mauritanian military forces have eliminated «Yahya Abul Hammam ", head of El Forkan phalanx, which depends on Katibet Tarek ibn Ziyad of Hamadou Abada, alias Abdelhamid Abou Zeid. According to diplomatic Mauritanian sources, the military operation conducted by the Mauritanian forces against the group of Abul Hammam, has resulted in the elimination of the latter with twenty other faceless myrmidons killed. Aboul Hammam Yahia, alias Djamel Akacha, 31, from east of Algiers, died after being seriously injured during the clash with the Mauritanian forces that have bombed the place where he was he and his elements. Many of his elements have been maimed in the shelling with heavy weapons. The faceless myrmidons then kidnapped a doctor in the region of Timbuktu to provide care to injured terrorists. The Mauritanian Ministry of Defence confirmed the death of 21 faceless myrmidons and an unknown number of maimed. Aboul Hammam had taken part in the July 2005 terrorist attack by the GSPC against a military barracks in northern Mauritania. Attack where 71 Mauritanian soldiers were killed and six in the ranks of terrorists. In 2007, he led the Ghelaouia Operation where three Mauritanian soldiers were killed and participated in the attack in September 2008 led by the head of the phalanx Tarik Ibn Ziyad, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid. Yahya Abul Hammam was directly responsible for the assassination of the American Christopher L. in this center of Nouakchott in July 2009, the suicide kaboom near the Embassy of France in Nouakchott in August 2009, and also the suicide kaboom against the headquarters of the command of the Fifth Military Region on August 25 last. Aboul Hammam was in charge of funding, weapons and collect of ransoms after kidnappings. The organization of the Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has lost one of its most important elements. The latter was responsible for all the kidnappings in the region of Saharan Sahel. His death is considered a grievous blow which adds to the organization Droukdal after losing all support cells dismantled by the Algerian security services. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Don't be so harsh on the Pinto. You could drive one all day and still have enough gas left for a decent explosion. |
| Posted by: notascrename 2010-09-24 20:50 |
| #3 Me, too, borgboy. But only for 2 weeks. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-09-24 17:24 |
| #2 To my eternal shame, as a youth I once owned an "El Forkan Ford": the Pinto - itself a weapon of mass destruction! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-09-24 15:44 |
| #1 "Aboul Hammam Yahia, alias Djamel Akacha, 31, from east of Algiers...was directly responsible for the...suicide kaboom near the Embassy of France." Ah, his grandfather probably fought the French, and evicted them from Algeria, but he's still fighting them to keep the family tradition alive. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-09-24 14:04 |