GSPC appoints new leader
Algeria's militant Islamist Salafist Group for Preaching & Combat (GSPC) has appointed a new leader, according to a statement on 7 September.Abu Musab al-Wadud replaced former leader Nabil Sahrawi, who was killed during clashes with the Algerian army (MEED 21:6:04). Al-Wadud, a renowned explosives expert, has been a member of the group since 1998. He is the third leader of the GSPC and, according to the BBC, was a signatory to a 2003 statement announcing the group's ...
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