Английская Википедия:Gilles Le Guen
Gilles Le Guen, alias Abdel Jelil[1] (Nantes, 21 February 1955[2]) is a French self-styled[1] jihadist.[3]
Career
Gilles Le Guen was born in the Loire-Atlantique[4] and started his career in the merchant navy,[3][1] where he served for fifteen years.[5][note 1]
According to himself, Le Guen converted to Islam in 1985,[5] while living in France.[1] In the following years, he travelled extensively in the Middle east and Africa; he stated that he had settled in Mali in 2011.[4] He worked as a shepherd 30 kilometres off Timbuktu.[note 2]
Le Guen appears to have taken a softer line on the Islamist agenda: according to Daniel, he personally intervening to prevent jihadists from harming local citizens;[1][6] He was also reported to have fallen out with Mohamed Mossa, head of the jihadist police, over the treatment of women; he openly criticised him and went as far as personally freeing women imprisoned by Mossa.[1]
In September 2012, Le Guen was brought to the attention of the French secret services when he was identified on a photograph of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members.[5]
After the jihadist takeover of Timbuktu, Le Guen moved into the city, where he was appointed to organise electricity distribution.[1] In October 2012, Le Guen appeared on a YouTube video, in which he made threats against France, the US and the United Nations in the event of a Western intervention in Mali during the 2012 Northern Mali conflict.[1] He notably stated that a Western intervention would "make our struggle legitimate like those of our brothers of Afghanistan and Palestine. We will fight to the end."[note 3]
On 11 November 2012,[5][6] he was arrested by AQIM on suspicions of espionnage[1] and political unorthodoxy,[6] but was released in December.[5]
In January 2013, Le Guen was an interview to L'Express, where he detailed his experience.[4]
He was captured in the night of 27 to 28 April 2013 by French commandos of the COS, in the context of Operation Serval.[3] The commandos also captured his wife and five children, who were exfiltrated and repatriated to France.[3]
French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian stated that Le Guen had "manifestly fought amongst jihadist groups";[5] he further declared that Le Guen was a "lost soul who bec[a]me terrorist"[note 4]
He was then handed over to Malian authorities.[7]
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
- Шаблон:In lang Comment Gilles Le Guen a été capturé au Mali, Dominique Merchet, Secret Défense
- Шаблон:In lang Gilles Le Guen, Breton sailor who 'followed bin Laden', France24
- Шаблон:In lang Le djihadiste français au Mali : "une dérive individuelle de fanatisme", lemonde.fr
- Шаблон:In lang Qui est Gilles Le Guen, le djihadiste français arrêté au Mali?, L'Express
- Шаблон:In lang Le djihadiste français Gilles Le Guen arrêté au Mali, lemonde.fr
- Шаблон:In lang Mali. Un djihadiste appelé Gilles Le Guen arrêté par les islamistes, Le Télégramme
- Шаблон:In lang Le djihadiste français Gilles Le Guen arrêté au Mali, Le Figaro
- Шаблон:In lang French Islamist captured ‘after fighting’ in Mali, BBC
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 Gilles Le Guen, Breton sailor who 'followed bin Laden', France24
- ↑ Le djihadiste français Gilles Le Guen arrêté au Mali, Le Figaro
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Comment Gilles Le Guen a été capturé au Mali, Dominique Merchet, Secret Défense
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Qui est Gilles Le Guen, le djihadiste français arrêté au Mali?, L'Express
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 Le djihadiste français au Mali : "une dérive individuelle de fanatisme", lemonde.fr
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Mali. Un djihadiste appelé Gilles Le Guen arrêté par les islamistes, Le Télégramme
- ↑ Le djihadiste français Gilles Le Guen arrêté au Mali, lemonde.fr
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