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| Woman arrested in Jufra ‘not Belmokhtar’s wife’ say officials | |
| 2016-11-23 | |
[Libya Herald] Reports that one of two Tunisian women tossed in the clinkDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! near the Cyrenaican town of Mechili on Sunday was the wife of Mokhtar Belmolhtar, leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), have now been denied by officials in Libya, They say that there was confusion of the identity of the woman’s husband and that while she is indeed married to a terrorist, it is a different Mohktar. Her husband is now said to be Mokhtar Ben Omar al-Agouri, a Tunisian who is also a member of AQIM. It is thought that he is is Jufra, to which the woman caught in an ambush two days ago by LNA forces near Mechili, south of Labraq, was said to be heading. It is nonetheless believed that Belmokhtar is based in Libya, albeit further south.
...Asma Kadousi, was arrested on Saturday along with a female companion en route from the militant stronghold of Darna, an eastern city, where she gave birth to a baby. Kadousi was reportedly heading to the central province of Joufra | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "And this is my other brother Mokhtar." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-11-23 22:47 |
| #2 More like 'Mark'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-11-23 22:11 |
| #1 "while she is indeed married to a terrorist, it is a different Mohktar" Don't tell me -- "Mokhtar" is a variation of "Mohammad". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2016-11-23 17:10 |