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Mokhtar Belmokhtar

1972 - 2015

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar (; Arabic: مختار بلمختار; 1 June 1972 – November 2016), also known as Khalid Abu al-Abbas, The One-Eyed, Nelson, and The Uncatchable, was an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities. Born in northern Algeria, Belmokhtar traveled to Afghanistan in 1991 to fight with the mujahadeen against the pro-Soviet government following the withdrawal of Soviet Union troops. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mokhtar Belmokhtar is the 257th most popular extremist (down from 212th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Algeria (down from 150th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 257 out of 283. Before her are Seung-Hui Cho, Tohir Yoʻldosh, Mohammed Bouyeri, Baitullah Mehsud, Ziad Jarrah, and Stuart Christie. After her are Noordin Mohammad Top, Anwar al-Awlaki, Jared Fogle, Wail al-Shehri, Moses Sithole, and Satam al-Suqami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 464. Before her are Michael Irby, Adel Sellimi, José Manuel Albares, Giorgio Di Centa, Nataša Ninković, and Marko Rehmer. After her are Nicole Eggert, Justyna Steczkowska, Katja Seizinger, Andrey Malakhov, Priti Patel, and N. K. Jemisin. Among people deceased in 2015, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 495. Before her are Miloslava Misáková, Peter Pišťanek, Mel Daniels, Peter Westbury, Pavel Srníček, and Holly Woodlawn. After her are John Trudell, Dickie Moore, Asuman Baytop, Frank Borghi, M. H. Abrams, and Ian Murdock.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 173 out of 213. Before her are Baghdad Bounedjah (1991), Ishak Belfodil (1992), Mohamed Chaïb (1957), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Ramy Bensebaini (1995), and Ali Benarbia (1968). After her are Mustapha Moussa (1962), Djamel Mesbah (1984), Karim Maroc (1958), Fodil Megharia (1961), Saïd Benrahma (1995), and Abdelhafid Tasfaout (1969).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Algeria

Among extremists born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 1. 

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