During a 13-minute YouTube address from an unknown location (presumed to be Spain), retired Gen. and former Defense Minister Khaled Nezzar called upon his "dear friends" within the army to rise up and cut through the "Gordian knot" that has entangled modern Algeria. The video has since been removed.
Nezzar’s Twitter account tells a similar story, lambasting current leader of Algeria’s armed forces Ahmed Gaid Salah and his ties to the country’s “politico-financial mafia” that has enmeshed the country.
