There is a "Mohamed Benbattouche" who was the frontman of Polisario, a separatist group in the Moroccan Sahara.
Polisario Front - Wikipedia
Polisario Front | Conflict, History, Movement, & Rebel Group | Britannica
Polisario Front, politico-military organization in Western Sahara seeking independence. It began as an insurgency against Spanish control and later fought against Moroccan control. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was established by the Polisario Front as a government-in-exile.
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His real name was Ibrahim Ghali, but he was using a false Algerian ID with the name "Mohamed Benbattouche":
Ainsi donc, sûre de son fait, la délégation venue d’Alger, composée en réalité par le chef de file des séparatistes du Polisario, Brahim Ghali -c’est lui qui porte le faux nom de Mohamed Benbattouche, le malade auquel Alger a délivré un passeport diplomatique algérien-, de quelques éléments du Polisario l’accompagnant, ainsi que de deux sécuritaires algériens, trace vers un hôpital de Logrono, près de Saragosse, région de Navarre, où Brahim Ghali, alias Mohamed Benbattouche, doit être pris en charge.
So, sure of its fact, the delegation from Algiers, made up in reality by the leader of the Polisario separatists, Brahim Ghali - it is he who bears the false name of Mohamed Benbattouche, the patient to whom Algiers delivered an Algerian diplomatic passport, some elements of the Polisario accompanying him, as well as two Algerian security officers, trace towards a hospital in Logrono, near Zaragoza, region of Navarre, where Brahim Ghali, alias Mohamed Benbattouche, must be taken care of.
Algérie, Espagne, Maroc | Quels dessous de l’incroyable «affaire Brahim Ghali», alias Mohamed Benbattouche ? | Le Reporter.ma
C’est une affaire qui laisse d’abord perplexe. Une perplexité qui grandit à mesure qu’on en apprend les détails. Mais il n’y a pas que la perplexité. Passé le choc, il y a les dessous de cartes… S’y arrêter n’est pas inutile, compte tenu de l’implication de deux Etats: l’Algérie et…www.lereporter.ma
This seems a little too esoteric for Null to appropriate as his alias... but why then would Big Bang appropriate some separatist warlord's Algerian pseudonym as his alias of choice for a FOIA request? Odd...
