[Maghrebia] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb communications chief Kamel Bouihane died Friday (February 4th) in a clash with Algerian soldiers and security forces, El Khabar reported. The top lieutenant to AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel was ambushed while driving in the Bouira region. According to Ennahar, Bourihane, also known as Abu Hafs, helped plan al-Qaeda's April 11th, 2007 suicide kabooms of a government building in downtown Algiers and a Bab Ezzouar cop shoppe, as well as the Algiers UN office car booming and Constitutional Court attacks on December 11th, 2007. |