Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud

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Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud was an Algerian Islamist militant leader who headed Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and played a key role in expanding jihadist activities across North and West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist militant
human
jihadist leader
affiliatedWith al-Qaeda
surface form: Al-Qaeda
alsoKnownAs Abdelmalek Droukdel Aouabdia
surface form: Abdelmalek Droukdel

Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
surface form: Abu Musab al-Wadud
conflict Algerian Civil War
Insurgency in the Maghreb
Mali War
surface form: Northern Mali conflict
countryOfCitizenship Algeria
dateOfBirth 1970-04-20
dateOfDeath 2020-06-03
designatedAs terrorist by the European Union
terrorist by the United Nations
terrorist by the United States
educatedAt University of Blida
ethnicGroup Algerian
fieldOfStudy engineering
gender male
ideology Islamist extremism
global jihadism
killedBy French Armed Forces
knownFor kidnappings in the Sahel
orchestrating attacks in Algeria
suicide bombings in North Africa
mannerOfDeath killed in a French military operation
memberOf Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
movement Salafi jihadism
name Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud self-link
notableFor leadership of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
operationalArea Algeria
North Africa
Sahel
surface form: Sahel region

West Africa
partOf al-Qaeda
surface form: Al-Qaeda network
placeOfBirth Meftah, Blida Province, Algeria
surface form: Meftah, Algeria
placeOfDeath near Tessalit, Mali
pledgedAllegianceTo Ayman al-Zawahiri
Osama bin Laden
positionHeld emir of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
emir of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
religion Sunni Islam
roleIn expansion of jihadist activities across North Africa
expansion of jihadist activities across West Africa
startTimeOfPosition 2004
2007

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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb hasLeader Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
Abdelmalek Droukdel alsoKnownAs Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
Abdelmalek Droukdel alsoKnownAs Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
this entity surface form: Abu Musab Abdelwadoud
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud name Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud self-link
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud alsoKnownAs Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud
this entity surface form: Abu Musab al-Wadud