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Report: Al-Qaeda Maghreb Sahara Commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar Killed

The Algerian daily El-Khabar wrote that jihadist websites are reporting that Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Sahara commander of Al-Qaeda Maghreb, was killed last month in an exchange of fire with security forces in Ghardaya province.

Source: El-Khabar (French edition), Algeria, February 19, 2008

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