Moktar Belmoktar Killed Posted on March 2, 2013 by NavyOne You remember Moktar Belmoktar? (Spelled Mokhtar Belmokhar in some circles.) He’s been called Mr. Marlboro by some folks. Or the Prince, or even Laaouar, the One-Eyed. Intel professionals called him Uncatchable. I call him dead.
Meet Mokhtar Belmokhar aka Mr. Marlboro Posted on January 16, 2013 by NavyOne Ol’ Mokhtar Belmokhar is a one-eyed jihadi. And he broke away from al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to build a new organization, al-Mulathamin. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as ‘the one-eyed’, who broke away from Aqim to form al-Mulathamin. Call him Mr. Marlboro. He’s also called Khaled Abu al-Abbas. But folks have taken to calling him Mr. Marlboro.