Aïssa Messaoudi

Male, Deceased Person

– 1992

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Who was Aïssa Messaoudi?

Aïssa Messaoudi, nom de guerre Tayeb el-Afghani, was an Algerian Islamist. He fought in the Afghan War. Together with a fellow Afghan veteran, Abderrahmane Dahane, he launched an attack on the Guemmar barracks on November 27, 1991, before the start of the Algerian Civil War proper; this attack is sometimes considered to mark the beginning of the Armed Islamic Movement. He was arrested on January 28, 1992, and condemned to death. He died in November 1992.

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Also known as
  • Aissa Messaoudi
Died
1992

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on July 23, 2013

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