Aïssa Messaoudi

Aïssa Messaoudi
Aïssa Messaoudi
Died	November 1992
Occupation	Algerian Islamist
Known for	Afghan 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 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 (MIA).[1] He was arrested on January 28, 1992.[2]

He was sentenced to death on 4 May 1992.[3] He died in November 1992.

References

Willis, Michael (March 1999). The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9329-9.
Pokalova, Elena (2019-10-24). Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-31478-1.
"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.

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[1] Willis, Michael (March 1999). The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9329-9.

[2] Pokalova, Elena (2019-10-24). Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-31478-1.

[3] "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.