Algeria kills top al-Qaeda Leader

Ireland Online ^ | Nov 25,2002

[Dog]

Algeria 'kills top al-Qaida leader'

25/11/2002 - 16:57:58

An Islamic militant killed by Algerian security forces in a raid two months ago has been identified as a top al-Qaida operative for Africa, Algeria’s official news agency reported today.

Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan, alias Abu Mohammed, was shot and killed in the September 12 raid in the eastern Batna region, 270 miles east of the capital Algiers, the official APS news agency said.

The body of Alwan, a Yemeni, was identified after a two-month investigation by government experts, the report said. He was a top al-Qaida leader for northern and western Africa, it said.

Algeria’s military is fighting a ten year insurgency by Islamic militants, which has claimed more than 120,000 lives. Raids by soldiers on suspected militant hideouts are common.

[dwills]

umm, these are muslims fighting muslims

it's the terrorists stupid

[Grampa Dave]

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[Grampa Dave]

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[RightWhale]

Come over to the new thread so someone doesn't get the idea somebody is trying to hijack this thread. :)

[friendly]

The vast scale brutality, mass murder, disembowling, etc, ad nauseum in Algeria by al-Queda is beyond belief. The most vulnerable population of women and children are tortured and butchered in unspeakable manner by the tens of thousands, never reported by the lame stream media so intent on showing Islam as a Religion of Peace.

My jaw drops whenever I stumble across the description of an al-Queda terrorist raid in Algeria.

[Freemeorkillme]

No one's really brought up anything addressing the possible significance or lack, thereof, concerning the date when justice was served, Sept. 12.

Any thoughts, folks?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for bringing that up re the date of September 12th.

Due to the Date line would that have been September the 11th in NYC/America?

[Frank_2001]

Another one bites the sand!

[Freemeorkillme]

I have to admit that was my first reaction when seeing the date.

[GVnana]

Good Riddance!

(And when UBL is ready to come out from under a skirt, I'd like to invite him to my house so he can find out what it's like to be shot by a girl.)

[BenR2]

Algeria kills top al-Qaeda Leader

May he be laid to rest in pigskin.

[Jeff Gordon]

Every time I turn around, they have arrested or killed a "top al_Quida" leader. That was (is?) a very top heavy organization.

[happygrl]

Excellent compiling; what a great forum this is ! Thanks.

[Skywalk]

That's not true at all. The Algerian military refused to concede power to the Islamists when they won an election that would have sealed Algeria's fate. They've been fighting this war for 10 years or so.

Whatever we think of Islam or Muslim countries, there ARE some people who don't approve of jihadists. We should embrace them.

[RottiBiz]

Outstanding job on that list!

Made myself a copy for future "annotations."

[RottiBiz]

I was wondering who had done the research and compiled the original list.

Thanks, Angelus. Great job!

[Clovis_Skeptic]

amen

[Angelus Errare]

That's because bin Laden was originally a business major and he understood the need to not only have capable people as lieutenants, but also their immediate subordinates. That way if any one individual is captured or killed, their subordinates just rise through the ranks as though nothing had occurred.

For example, after Abu Zubaydah was captured, the Shura Majlis selected Abu Musab Zarqawi to head up global operations for the terrorist organization and one of Zarqawi's subordinates was presumably promoted to oversee Southeast Asian operations.

The hierarchy of the network is even further complicated by the fact that in order to possess even greater redundancy, bin Laden ordered the affiliate groups to establish their command and control structure independent of the central apparatus.