* Long-wanted Belmokhtar re**wned for cheating death * U.S. officials confident but **t certain he's **w dead * Algerian was seen as Sahara's "gangster-jihadist" By Patrick Markey ALGIERS, June 15 (Reuters) - He lost an eye in Afghanistan, was earlier reported dead in fighting in Mali and **w Libya says he was killed in a U.S. air strike at the weekend. U.S. officials have yet to confirm Libyan reports that Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in eastern Libya, saying on Monday only that the F-15 jet raid appeared to have succeeded but stopping short of confirming his demise. What is undisputed is that the raid attested to a Libya sliding deeper into armed anarchy since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi that Western nations fear is creating a jihadist safe haven just across the Mediterranean from Europe.
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Questions shadow US strike on veteran Algerian jihadist in Libya
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