Aïssa Messaoudi

{{Short description|Algerian Islamist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Aïssa Messaoudi

| death_date = November 1992

| occupation = Algerian Islamist

| known_for = Afghan War

}}

Aïssa Messaoudi, nom de guerre Tayeb el-Afghani, was an Algerian Islamist. He fought in the Afghan War. Together with a fellow Afghan veteran, Abderrahmane Dahane, he launched an attack on the Guemmar barracks on November 29, 1991,{{Cite web |date=2016-09-02 |title=Algérie : le jour où les "Afghans" sont rentrés |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/afrique/algerie-le-jour-ou-les-afghans-sont-rentres-02-09-2016-2065446_3826.php |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Le Point |language=fr}} before the start of the Algerian Civil War proper; this attack is sometimes considered to mark the beginning of the Armed Islamic Movement (MIA).{{Cite book|last=Willis|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vs8DAAAQBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFssa+Messaoudi&pg=PA227|title=The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History|date=March 1999|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9329-9|language=en}} He was arrested on January 28, 1992.{{Cite book|last=Pokalova|first=Elena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Svm4DwAAQBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFssa+Messaoudi&pg=PA26|title=Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West|date=2019-10-24|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=978-3-030-31478-1|language=en}}

He was sentenced to death on 4 May 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE28/005/1993/es|title=Algeria: Further information on death penalty: Aissa Messaoudi (also known as Tayeb El Afghani), Lazhar Amar, Mohamed Nguia, Bechir Rezig, Ahmed Osman (note corrected name), Kamel Rukhe, Antar Tera (note corrected name), Tayeb Sennouga, Khalid Kessous, La|date=27 January 1993|publisher=Amnesty International}} He died in November 1992.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}