BAMAKO, Mali — French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa affiliate, the France’s defense minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after years of battling jihadists in the Sahel.
French Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted that Droukdel and several of his allies were killed Wednesday in northern Mali by French forces and their partners. It was not immediately clear how his identity was confirmed by the French.Droukdel, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, fought in Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s and rose to prominence as the top emir of the main Algerian insurgency movement in 2004.
Under his leadership, AQIM claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks across Algeria. More recently he had been commanding all the al-Qaida groups in North Africa and the Sahel, including the JNIM, which has claimed responsibility for devastating attacks on the Malian military and U.N. peacekeepers trying to stabilize the volatile country.
Bravo!
You kill people in their own land, defending their resources and brand them terrorists. You are the real terrorists who should be shot on sight.
Trump uses drone takes out bad guy, he’s the worst thing since Capone,by media standards, but any other leader if liberal who does the exact same thing with different bad guy and they are the best thing since Obama
The French think and do by themselves, don't need anyone, good for them. Great job 👏👏👏👏
allterroristslivesmatter. We should protest.
Finally....some good news. 👍
Racist sh|ts
Bravo aux militaitres Français! Ne laissez pas Trump le con prendre le moindre crédit pour cette action!!
Trump will take credit, watch for it!
maggieNYT We use to do stuff like that 😞
I remember when it was the USA that was leading the fight against Al-Qaida!
Bravo, France!🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
maggieNYT Merci!
Europe taking over the traditional role, corrupted by Donald Trump, of the USA. Our troops instead are in DC, tear gassing peaceful protesters and clergy. Merci bien, la France.
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