Nabil Sahraoui alias Mustapha Abou Ibrahim was an Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n Islamist militant, and the head of the radical Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC, now renamed Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat is a radical Islamist militia which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state. To that end, it is currently engaged in an insurgent campaign.The group...

) from August 2003 until his death the following year.

In 2003 he pleged allegiance as GSPC leader to Usama bin Ladin's Al Qaeda organization.

He was killed in a shootout with the Algerian army on June 20, 2004. He was replaced as head of the GSPC by Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud

Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud

Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud is the emir, or leader, of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb , formerly the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ....

, over the objections of former leader Hassan Hattab

Hassan Hattab

Hassan Hattab is the founder and first leader of the Algerian Islamist rebel group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ....

.