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AQIM chief buying arms in Libya: source
AFP – 2 hrs 33 mins ago
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top fugitive leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, is in Libya shopping for weapons, Malian security sources told AFP on Monday.
"Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the chiefs of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been in Libya for several weeks, notably to procure arms," a top Malian security source said.
"This is yet further proof that terrorists will do anything to create a sweeping network in the Sahel and Sahara," the source said.
Belmokhtar is being tried in absentia in Algeria, accused of perpetrating several "terrorist acts" including a May 2010 attack on soldiers in the southern Djelfa region that left two dead.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/aqim-chief-buying-arms-libya-source-215949282.html
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top fugitive leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, is in Libya shopping for weapons, Malian security sources told AFP on Monday.
"Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the chiefs of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been in Libya for several weeks, notably to procure arms," a top Malian security source said.
"This is yet further proof that terrorists will do anything to create a sweeping network in the Sahel and Sahara," the source said.
Belmokhtar is being tried in absentia in Algeria, accused of perpetrating several "terrorist acts" including a May 2010 attack on soldiers in the southern Djelfa region that left two dead.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/aqim-chief-buying-arms-libya-source-215949282.html