Aïssa Messaoudi

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

Aïssa Messaoudi
DiedNovember 1992
OccupationAlgerian Islamist
Known forAfghan War

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

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