Suspected Algerian terror leader captured by Chad rebel group

From Napa News

A rebel group in Chad says it has captured one of North Africa's most notorious terrorists, an Algerian extremist suspected in the hostage-taking of 32 European tourists last year.

Amari Saifi and nine others were apprehended after a brief firefight in March with members of the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad, and are being held at an undisclosed location in a rebel-controlled zone, a rebel representative said Friday.

Saifi, a former Algerian paratrooper also known as "Abderrazak al-Para," is an alleged leader of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, an organization fighting to install an Islamic state in Algeria and alleged to have links to al-Qaida.

The rebels have sought to contact Algeria, France, Germany, Niger and the United States about handing over Saifi and his followers, the representative said

The West better not blow this chance like they did with bin Laden.