Mali Hotel Attack Puts Veteran Terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar Back In Spotlight

The deadly attack on a hotel in Mali's capital on Friday claimed by two radical Islamist groups has put veteran militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar back in the spotlight months after he was reported killed.

Belmokhtar, who is Algerian, has been a key figure for years in insurgencies across North Africa and the Saharan border region, but in June authorities in Libya said he had been killed by a U.S. air strike there.

U.S. military officials said he was targeted, only for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to deny four days later that he was dead.

In a statement posted on Twitter on June 19, the group said he was "still alive and well and he wanders and roams in the land of Allah, supporting his allies and vexing his enemies".
His group Al Mourabitoun now claims to have stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako in a joint operation with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in which 27 people have been reported killed.

"He (Belmokhtar) has been wanted by several countries for a long time and he is probably behind this attack," French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told TF1 television.
"Al Mourabitoun is a mixture of fundamentalists and bandits, who traffic weapons and drugs to finance themselves," he said. The U.S. government also believes the two groups staged the attack, a government source said.

Al Mourabitoun has staged several attacks in Mali and the region, but Belmokhtar has had a troubled relationship with al Qaeda. His group has not pledged allegiance to Islamic State, as Nigerian militant group Boko Haram did in March.

One security source said the Bamako attack could serve to refocus global attention on al Qaeda after Islamic State, which controls a swathe of Iraq and Syria, launched coordinated assaults a week ago in Paris in which at least 129 people died.

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Posted: at 21-11-2015 08:05 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

wetin concern Abraham on this matter guy lol

Posted: at 21-11-2015 10:19 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

He need 2 be located,track&capture b4 he cause more harm.

Posted: at 21-11-2015 10:27 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

In the HISTORY of the world, who has KILLED maximum INNOCENT
human beings❓

1) "Hitler"
Do you know who he was❓

He was a Christian, but media will never call Christians terrorists.

2) "Joseph Stalin called as Uncle Joe".

He has killed 20 million human beings including 14.5 million were starved to death.

Was he a Muslim❓

3) "Mao Tse Tsung (China)"

He has killed 14 to 20 million human beings.

Was he a Muslim❓

4) "Benito Mussolini (Italy)"

He has killed 400 thousand human beings.

Was he a Muslim❓

5) "Ashoka" In Kalinga Battle

He has killed 100 thousand human beings.

 Was he a Muslim❓

6) Embargo put by George Bush in Iraq,

1/2 million children
has been killed in Iraq alone!!! Imagine these people are never called terrorists by the media.

Why❓

Today the majority of the non-muslims are afraid by hearing the words "JIHAD".

Jihad is an Arabic word which comes from root Arabic word "JAHADA" which means "TO STRIVE" or "TO STRUGGLE" against evil and for justice. It does not
mean killing innocents.

The difference is we stand against evil, not with evil".

Posted: at 21-11-2015 10:06 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Wherever this guy is the authorities should make sure they catch him and execute him immediately, they should not tolerate terrorists at alk

Posted: at 22-11-2015 12:55 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac