Hassan hattab biography

          Hassan Hattab, also known as Abu Hamza, is the founder and first leader of the Algerian Jihadist rebel group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat from to

        1. Hassan Hattab was born on 14 January in Rouiba, Algiers, Algeria and received religious education there.
        2. Born in Rouiba on 14 January , Hattab received religious education in his hometown.
        3. Hassan Hattab.
        4. History.

          5. Born in Rouiba on 14 January , Hattab received religious education in his hometown....

          Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat

          Algerian terrorist faction

          The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (Arabic: الجماعة السلفية للدعوة والقتال), known by the French acronym GSPC (Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat),[2] was an Algerian islamist terrorist faction in the Algerian Civil War founded in 1998 by Hassan Hattab, a former regional commander of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA).

          After Hattab was ousted from the organization in 2003, the group officially pledged support for al-Qaeda, and in January 2007, the group officially changed its name to the "Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb" (AQIM).[3][4]

          History

          Hassan Hattab was a regional commander of Armed Islamic Group (GIA).

          He broke with the GIA in 1998, and formed the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), in protest over the GIA's massacre of civilians. After an amnesty in 1999, many former GIA fighters laid down their arms, but a few remained