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Mali: Mokhtar Belmokhtar leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) killed in Mali by chadian armed forces
Monday, March 4, 2013 18:11
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Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al-Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad’s military said on Saturday.
The death of one of the world’s most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al-Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in northern Mali by an offensive by French and African troops.
2013-03-04 18:01:20
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