International Intelligence Is Unable To Determine Terrorist Belmokhtar's Fate

Issue of the killing of the leader of “Al Mourabitoun” terrorist battalion, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, is re-emerging after the news of his elimination in a Franco-American air raid in last November in Libya.

Website that is specializes in defense and strategic issues “TTO” published a detailed military operation that was carried out by American and French forces in Libya against the leader of “Al Mourabitoun” battalion, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, on last 14 and 15 November, even though there was no formal announcement of the results.

Same website said that the French aircraft of the type “Rafale” which raided a group of “jihadists”, including Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was launched from a military base southwest of France and cut three thousand kilometers away, and was refueled in the air.

“U.S. reconnaissance planes observed, in real time, a gathering of a group of “jihadists” who were meeting with the so called “Abu Talha al-Libi”, in a house in Al Karda Achati area, which lies about 70 kilometers from the major oasis of Sabha in the middle of the Libyan desert.”

According to the same source, this military operation is the result of an intelligence coordination between the American and French intelligence services.

In its presentation of the details of the military operation, the website explained that the two French Rafale fighters, which participated in the process, have carried out the launch of three bombs that destroyed many houses, where the Libyan Abu Talha was meeting with Belmokhtar and his companions.

Coinciding with this, the security sources said on Saturday that the terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, died after being seriously wounded in a French air strike.

“Sabq Presse” websites quoted sources of “The New Arab” as saying that the Leader of Al Mourabitoun Battallion, which belongs to al-Qaida, died after being seriously injured in the Libyan city of Sabha after the Franco-American air raid on last November, 15.

According to the source, Belmokhtar was in Sabha to buy some weapons after the money which he received from releasing Italian and Canadian hostages who were kidnapped in Libya last September, where they were surprised by the air strike that toppled many of the organization’s leaders like Abu Talha Libi and Yahya Jouadi, but Belmokhtar was wounded when he fled to the city of Ubari before he died.

The Pentagon had announced on June,14, 2015, on the elimination of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, but then he refuted the information that was published by USA, while it seems this time that the information of eliminating him is more accurate, as these sources report that his wife confirmed his death, especially after the circulation of information that the famous terrorist was probably buried in the city of Ubari by his followers.

A Nigerian nurse who was arrested early December said that the leader in al-Qaida, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, whose death was announced his in a French raid in Libya, is still alive despite he suffers serious injuries following the air raid.

Middle East Eye website, quoted an Algerian security source, as saying that the information that was provided by nurse from Nigerian who was arrested days ago, stated that Belmokhtar was wounded in an air raid in Libya, but he is still alive.

According to the confessions of this person, Belaour is actually wounded in Libya air strike, and he moved to Ghadames, near the Algerian border, where he was treated by his doctor.

According to the same source, the terrorist Belmokhtar is disabled now, due to a serious back injury and second degree burns, and an injury in his led after the explosion of a rocket near him.

Belaour is the most wanted terrorist in the list of the International Intelligence Agencies in the past two decades, as media and security reports indicate that he was active in recent years in the south of Libya coming from Mali.

This leader of the al-Qaeda has a complex and uncertain path, between the cigarette trade, smuggling and terrorist activity, in the Sahel region over the past years.

In front of the two American contradicting versions, which said that Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed, and the French version, which says that he was wounded in the raid, which was carried out by its fighter jets, the question remains valid about the truth of his elimination.