05/03/2013
Morocco: Polisario Fighter With AQIM in Mali Reported Taken Prisoner After Battle Killing Abou Zeid
[Moroccan American Center for Policy]Le Figaro and France24 report that a fighter from the Polisario Front--a separatist group based in desert camps near Tindouf, Algeria--was among seven militants taken prisoner after a fierce battle between French-Chadian forces and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the mountains of northern Mali, which reportedly killed key al-Qaeda leader Abou Zeid and 42 other jihadists.
