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Mokhtar Belmokhtar

Algerian al-Qaeda member (1972–2016)

  • Fame50.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia4.6K
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Lived 1972–2016, aged 44
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  • Era
    1972–2016
    Aged 44
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Updated 2026-08-14

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as Khalid Abu al-Abbas, the One-Eyed, Nelson, Mr. Marlboro and the Uncatchable, was an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities.

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