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}} Mokhtar Belmokhtar (born 1 June 1972), also known as The One-Eyed, The Uncatchable,〔''Mokhtar Belmokhtar'' is pronounced in Algerian (:moxtɑr bəlmoχtɑr); The One-Eyed, The Uncatchable.〕 is an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and 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.〔〔''Algeria: Court Sentences Fugitive Qaeda Leader To Death'', Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 23 January 2012, Internet article.〕〔 Born in northern Algeria, Belmokhtar traveled to Afghanistan in 1991 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 Islamist GIA fighting in the Algerian Civil War and following that became a commander in the Mali-based Islamist Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). In December 2012, Belmokhtar announced he was leaving AQIM and headed his own organisation, dubbed the ''Al-Mulathameen'' ("Masked") Brigade〔(Algeria terror leader preferred money to death )| usatoday.com| January 20, 2013〕 (also known as the ''al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam'' ("Those who Sign with Blood") Brigade). In January 2013 the Brigade took more than 800 people hostage at the Tigantourine gas facility in Algeria. 39 hostages were executed and one Algerian killed before the facility was recaptured by Algerian forces, who killed 29 members of the Brigade. The Brigade was listed by the US State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in December, 2013. On 2 March 2013, the Chadian state television and the Chadian Army reported that Belmokhtar had been killed in a raid by Chadian troops against a terrorist base in Mali, however two months later Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for two suicide truck bomb attacks — on a French-owned uranium mine in Arlit, Niger, and a military base 150 miles away in Agadez. On 14 June 2015, Libya's government announced Belmokhtar was killed in a U.S. airstrike inside Libya. U.S. officials confirmed the strike and that Belmokhtar was a target, but did not immediately confirm that Belmokhtar was killed. ==Personal life== Mokhtar Belmokhtar was born in Ghardaïa, Algeria, on 1 June 1972.〔 He married four local Berber and Tuareg women from prominent families in northern Mali, cementing his ties in the region.〔 He named a son Osama, after Bin Laden. Omar Ould Hamaha, his uncle by marriage, is the commander of a smaller AQIM offshoot. In October 2015, Al-Qaeda spokesman, Hassan Abderraouf announced that Mokhtar was killed, but didn't reveal when. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mokhtar Belmokhtar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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