Gilles Le Guen

Gilles Le Guen, alias Abdel Jelil ) is a French self-styled

Career Gilles Le Guen was born in the Loire-Atlantique where he served for fifteen years.

According to himself, Le Guen converted to Islam in 1985,

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;

On 11 November 2012, he was arrested by AQIM on suspicions of espionnage

He was captured in the night of 27 to 28 April 2013 by French commandos of the COS, in the context of Operation Serval. he further declared that Le Guen was a "lost soul who becme terrorist"

He was then handed over to Malian authorities.

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