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Africa North
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali
2014-05-13
[MAGHAREBIA] A leader of jihadist group "Mourabitounes" died in northern Mali, Le Monde reported on Saturday (May 10th), citing a French government official.

Abu Bakr Al-Nasr, a specialist in "heavy weapons", was a top aide to Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

The "Mourabitounes" were created in August as a merger between Belmokhtar's El Moulethemoune brigade and MUJAO
...Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, another offshoot of Qaeda in North Africa. Currently active in Mali and southern Algeria, the idea is to do as much good in West Africa as AQIM has done in North Africa...
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