Abdelkader Mokhtari
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Abdelkader Mokhtari ( kunya: ''Abu el-Ma'ali'', ''The
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'') was an Algerian commander who became a "sacred legend" for the
Bosnian mujahideen Bosnian mujahideen ( bs, Bosanski mudžahedini), also called ''El Mudžahid'' (from ar, مجاهد, ''mujāhid''), were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. They first arriv ...
in the Bosnian War.


Bosnia

Evan Kohlmann claimed that Mokhtari, an Algerian, came to Bosnia with experience from his time in the
Armed Islamic Group The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from french: Groupe Islamique Armé; ar, الجماعة الإسلامية المسلّحة, al-Jamāʿa l-ʾIslāmiyya l-Musallaḥa) was one of the two main Islamist insurgent groups that fought the Algerian gove ...
. He also stated that Mokhtari was serving as second-in-command of a
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battalion, under the command of Anwar Shaaban with Fateh Kamal as his right-hand man in 1995, Kohlmann has also stated that Kamal visited 16 countries during that time. Kohlmann later claimed that a 1997 French report suggested that Mokhtari had managed to keep a cache of SA-7 missiles after the
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, due to his protection and status with President
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. Evan Kohlmann. Global Terror Alert
Abu el-Maali
, 2005
In 1996, some sources suggested that Mokhtari was leading the 3rd Corps, known as the ''Gazi'a Force'', an Arabic term for retribution, which incorporated formerly independent mujahideen units into a single force. Other reports suggest he only led the training portion of the Corps, known as U-Force.
Karim Said Atmani Karim Said Atmani ( ar, كريم سعيد عثماني, also ''Abu Isham'', ''Abu Hisham'') was alleged to be a document-forger for the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Groupe islamique armé, and shared an apartment with Ahmed Ressam.Canadian Secur ...
served under his command during the Bosnian war.


Later activities

In 1999, the United States conditioned assistance to the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, demanding that the country first hand over Mokhtari to their custody. While Izetbegović initially refused, he subsequently agreed to expel Mokhtari from the country, rather than deport him to the United States. In 2005, Mokhtari was interviewed by a Bosnian magazine about his perspective on the trial against Abduladhim Maktouf, a Mujahideen alleged to have been involved in the mistreatment of Croatian prisoners. Mokhtari noted that he had married a Bosnian wife.


Death

Mokhtari died in Oran in October 2015.
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was performed on 26 October 2015.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mokhtari, Abdelkader Year of birth missing Bosnian mujahideen Algerian emigrants to Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Islamic Group of Algeria members 2015 deaths