Pejihad Mokhtar Belmokhtar veterans speak in images taken from a video piece by Sahara Media, Monday (21/1). Belmokhtar claims responsibility on behalf of al Qaeda to the standoff in Algeria, and his Mulathameen Brigade warned that they would launch attacks against foreign interests further unless the fighting stopped in Mali, said Mauritania's Sahara News Media site. (REUTERS/Sahara Media via Reuters TV)alive and well and was leading the fighting themselves. "Dubai (Reuters)-the Commander of Al-Qaida in Algeria Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who was reported killed by the Chadian army, still alive, said one contributor reports monitoring service that tracks militant online forums on Sunday.
An unidentified participant in the discussions said guerrillas in one site posted in several forums, that Belmoktar is still "alive and well and was leading his own battle", said a monitoring service SITE based in the u.s., reports Reuters.
That message says, Belmokhtar, the mastermind behind the alleged hostage in one of the Algerian gas plant in January, will soon issue a confirmation message that news, said the report SITE.
The death of Belmokhtar, nicknamed ' uncatchable ' (cannot be captured), has been reported several times in the past.
On Saturday, Chad says its forces have killed him in equal parts of Mali that they admit has killed Adelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior commander of Al Qaeda in the Sahara, a few days earlier.
The murder of Belmokhtar and Abou Zeid, if confirmed, would wipe out the Al Qaida leader in Mali and raised questions over the fate of the seven hostages held by France which is expected to group in this country.
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has promised to retaliate against France's attack fighters in Mali, which said that the Paris attack was launched to prevent the former colonies became a springboard for Al Qaida attack.
Online participants did not show how he studied the status of the Belmoktar, said the report SITE.
Ahrar party Press, the independent Arab media organisations, also reported that one source in the Group Belmoktar discredits the death of Al Qaida figures, according to SITE. (AK)
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