Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Death Of Mohammed Lamari

Gen. Mohammed Lamrari died of natural causes in Algeria it is being reported today. He led an anti-Islamic force during the Algerian civil war in the 80s and 90s. An estimated 200,000 people died during the civil war, at least half at the hands of security forces.
The civil war in oil-rich Algeria, one of Africa's largest countries, ended about 2002, and Lamari retired two years later, reportedly for reasons of ill health. But many suspected it was due to differences with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was then promoting a political amnesty for Islamists.
Lamari began his military career as an officer of the French army, then joined Algeria's national liberation army during its fight for independence from France. After independence in 1962, he was trained at the Soviet Union's military academy in Moscow. He is to be buried in Algiers on Tuesday.

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