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.