Via Middle East Times -
ALGIERS -- Algerian security forces killed the deputy leader of the Maghreb offshoot of Al Qaeda in a clash in the east of the country, newspapers reported Wednesday.
Zobeir Harkat, better known as Sofiane Fassila, was killed Sunday in fighting in the troubled Kabylie region, said the reports, which were not immediately confirmed by authorities.
Harkat, 32, was considered the main bomb-maker for Al Qaeda in Maghreb, the former Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which changed its name last year and pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden.
The media reports said he was believed to have been behind several suicide bomb attacks since April, including one while President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was visiting the eastern town of Batna early in September.
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Back in July, I blogged about the "official" AQIM website. Shortly after seeing the site myself...it went offline. But some time ago, it found new hosting and it is back up and running. It basically looks the same as it did before.
Here are the site details:
Domain Name: QMAGREB.ORG
Created On: 24-Apr-2007 21:53:45 UTC
Last Updated On: 16-Aug-2007 15:07:36 UTC
Expiration Date: 24-Apr-2008 21:53:45 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar: Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Registrant Name: Farouk Ksentini
Registrant Organization: Individual
Registrant Postal Code: 213265
Registrant Country: JO [Jordan]
Registrant Phone: +962.21325698
Tech Name: Servage.net NOC (Network Operations Center)
Tech Organization: Servage Hosting
Tech City: Flensburg
Tech State/Province: DE [Germany]
Tech Postal Code: 24939
Tech Country:DE Tech Phone: +49.46116098358
IP = 203.121.79.97 [Malaysia]
It should be noted that Farouk Ksentini is the chairman of the National Advisory Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (CNCPPDH), so it is safe to assume that this part of the information was faked.
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