By Ahmed Elumami and Peter Cooney TRIPOLI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across **rth Africa has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya, Libya's government said on Sunday. The recognised government said the strike had killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian militant who became a major figure in insurgencies across **rth Africa and the Saharan border region and was dubbed "The Uncatchable" by the French military. The U.S. military confirmed Belmokhtar had been targeted in Saturday night's air strike but did **t say if he was killed.
06-25-2015, 06:49 PM
Libya says 'uncatchable' veteran militant killed in U.S. strike
By Ahmed Elumami and Peter Cooney TRIPOLI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across **rth Africa has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya, Libya's government said on Sunday. The recognised government said the strike had killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian militant who became a major figure in insurgencies across **rth Africa and the Saharan border region and was dubbed "The Uncatchable" by the French military. The U.S. military confirmed Belmokhtar had been targeted in Saturday night's air strike but did **t say if he was killed.
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