Mokhtar belmokhtar biography of george

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    • Mokhtar Belmokhtar

    Algerian al-Qaeda member (–)

    Mokhtar Belmokhtar (;[1]Arabic: مختار بلمختار;[2][name 1] 1 June [3] – November ), also known as Khalid Abu al-Abbas, The One-Eyed, Nelson, and The Uncatchable,[4] was an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer.[5] He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in for terrorism and in for murder. In , he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities.[6][7][8]

    Born in northern Algeria, Belmokhtar traveled to Afghanistan in to fight with the mujahadeen against the pro-Soviet government following the withdrawal of Soviet Union troops. There, he lost his left eye while mishandling explosives. He later joined the IslamistGIA fighting in the Algerian Civil War and followin