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Belmokhtar deputy killed in Mali
 [MAGHAREBIA] The top aide to terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed by French forces in northern Mali, ANI reported on Thursday (November 21st).
Jouleibib was the deputy commander of the "Signed in Blood" battalion, which grabbed credit for the deadly siege at Algeria's In Amenas gas complex and the twin suicide boom-mobileings in Niger in May. La Belle France's chief of defence staff in Gay Paree last Thursday said only that French forces had "neutralised" several al-Qaeda members in northern Mali. A regional security source in Mali, however, confirmed to AFP the death of Belmokhtar's "right-hand man". "He was responsible for the management of the group. It is truly a blow to Belmokhtar," the source added. French forces also reportedly seized a cell phone and a computer belonging to Jouleibib. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-23 |
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