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Algerian ‘kills leading Qaeda figure’

ALGERIAN army soldiers shot dead the coordinator and second-in-command of al-Qaeda’s North African branch overnight, it was reported. Samir Moussaab, whose real name is Samir Saioud, was killed during a skirmish with an army patrol in the Boumerdes region around 50 kilometres east of Algiers, official news agency APS said, quoting security sources. Full Story