Aïssa Messaoudi

Aïssa Messaoudi
DiedNovember 1992
OccupationAlgerian Islamist
Known forAfghan War

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 29, 1991,[1] before the start of the Algerian Civil War proper; this attack is sometimes considered to mark the beginning of the Armed Islamic Movement (MIA).[2] He was arrested on January 28, 1992.[3]

He was sentenced to death on 4 May 1992.[4] He died in November 1992.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Algérie : le jour où les "Afghans" sont rentrés". Le Point (in French). 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ Willis, Michael (March 1999). The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9329-9.
  3. ^ Pokalova, Elena (2019-10-24). Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-31478-1.
  4. ^ "Algeria: Further information on death penalty: Aissa Messaoudi (also known as Tayeb El Afghani), Lazhar Amar, Mohamed Nguia, Bechir Rezig, Ahmed Osman (note corrected name), Kamel Rukhe, Antar Tera (note corrected name), Tayeb Sennouga, Khalid Kessous, La". Amnesty International. 27 January 1993.