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Mokhtar Belmokhtar (/ ˈ m ɒ k t ɑːr b ɛ l ˈ m ɒ k t ɑːr /; [1] Arabic: مختار بلمختار; [2] [name 1] 1 June 1972 [3] – November 2016), 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]
Al-Mulathameen Brigade (Brigade of the Masked Ones) [1] [2] was a terrorist militant organisation active in North and West Africa founded and led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar [3] who was previously a member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In 2013 Al-Mulathameen merged with Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa to form Al-Mourabitoun.
Al-Mourabitoun (Arabic: المرابطون, romanized: al-Murābiṭūn, lit. 'The Sentinels') was an African militant jihadist organization formed by a merger between Ahmed Ould Amer, a.k.a. Ahmed al-Tilemsi's Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, and Mokhtar Belmokhtar's Al-Mulathameen. [6]
Mokhtar came from the Arabic word which means Chosen. It is used as both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Mokhtar Mokhtar (born 1954), Egyptian footballer; Youness Mokhtar (born 1991), Dutch-Moroccan footballer; Given name: Mokhtar Belmokhtar (born 1972), Algerian sentenced to death for murder and terrorism
Belmokhtar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abdelkader Belmokhtar (born 1987), Algerian cyclist; Mokhtar Belmokhtar (1972–2016), Algerian sentenced to death for murder and terrorism; Said Belmokhtar (born 1984), Kazakhstani-born Ukrainian footballer of Algerian descent
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The In Amenas hostage crisis began on 16 January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria. [4] One of Belmokhtar's senior lieutenants, Abdul al Nigeri, led the attack [5] and was among the terrorists killed. [6]