Samir Moussaab

Samir Moussaab (born Samir Saioud) was the second highest-ranking member of the "North African Islamic Al-Qaeda" until the Algerian army shot and killed him in Si Moustapha village in Boumerdes, Algeria on April 26, 2007.^[1] Former members of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, which changed its name to Al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa when it allied with Al-Qaeda in January 2007, identified his body.^[2]

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Alleged militants in the War on Terror who have lived in Algeria People listed in italics have died. Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat Nabil Sahraoui Samir Moussaab Abu Doha Rabah Kadre Slimane Khalfaoui Mohamed Bensakhria Held at Guantanamo Bay Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily Algerian Six Bensayah Belkacem Hadj Boudella Lakhdar Boumediene Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar Mustafa Ait Idr Mohammed Nechle Alleged al-Qaeda / al-Jihad members Abu Sulayman Jazairi Ahmed Brahim1 Armed Islamic Group Abdelhak Layada2 Djamel Zitouni Others Laid Saidi Abdelmajid Dahoumane Djamel Beghal Ahmed Ressam Kamel Daoudi 1 Currently imprisoned.   2 Released after serving sentence.