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Africa North
Abu Zeid has sent two suicide bombers to Libya
2011-04-07
[Ennahar] According to security sources, the jacket wallah who was been eliminated near the border center of Debdeb, in the province of Illizi, near the Libyan city of Gdams, is an Algerian national, Abdelkader Dekkar, aged 23, from the province of El Oued.

According to the same sources, the suicide bomber rubbed out by security services had refused to surrender and his body was charred but he was identified thanks to documents found on him. The same sources added that he was wanted for belonging to terrorist groups and being part of "Katibet al Sahara" led by Abdelhamid Abou Zeid. He had been sent by Abu Zeid in Libya to commit a suicide operation against the forces of Qadaffy in the city of Gdams where he was unmasked. He then managed to escape and tried to infiltrate the Algerian territory through Debdeb where he was rubbed out by security forces.

This operation is a proof of the capabilities of the terrorist organization Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb...
to infiltrate Libyans bad boys. The terrorist organization tries to exploit the current situation in Libya to expand its scope of activities and profit from the proliferation of weapons in the region.

According to the sources, Droukdal would have prepared a number of suicide bombers to bring down the regime in Libya, he sent in many border regions, including countries of the African Sahel. Contacts were established with the smugglers to bring weapons from Libyan battle fields.

The same sources added that the terrorist organization would have taken possession of sophisticated weapons from Libya, which has prompted the Algerian security services to strengthen their presence along the borders with the Sahel countries and Libya over a distance of 3877 Km including 982 km with Libya.
Posted by:Fred

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