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Senior al Qaeda man reported arrested in Algeria
Source: Reuters
Senior al Qaeda man reported arrested in Algeria
LONDON | Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:32pm EST
(Reuters) - The number two in the militant Islamist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been arrested in northern Algeria, an Algerian news website reported on Monday.
The website of Tout Sur l'Algerie (TSA), an electronic daily, quoted security sources as saying that Salah Gasmi had been arrested on Sunday in front of a restaurant in the town of Cheurfa, about 90 miles southeast of Algiers.
It was not possible to confirm the report immediately.
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LONDON | Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:32pm EST
(Reuters) - The number two in the militant Islamist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been arrested in northern Algeria, an Algerian news website reported on Monday.
The website of Tout Sur l'Algerie (TSA), an electronic daily, quoted security sources as saying that Salah Gasmi had been arrested on Sunday in front of a restaurant in the town of Cheurfa, about 90 miles southeast of Algiers.
It was not possible to confirm the report immediately.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-algeria-aqim-arrest-idUSBRE8BG18720121217
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