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A screen shot of a Chadian soldier’s mobile phone image that Chadian troops allege to be Mokhtar Belmokhtar.<\/p><\/div>\n

New York-<\/strong>\u00a0The first images have seeped out of the Franco-Chadian battles in the Adrar des Ifoghas and the Adrar Tigharghar <\/a>areas of northeastern Mali’s Kidal Region today. Both Chadian state television and al-Jazeera Arabic gained (or were given) access. Contained briefly in the al-Jazeera English version <\/a>of the AJA report was this fleeting image of a dead man alleged to be the notorious Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the AQIM\/Signatories in Blood katiba leader.<\/p>\n

Chadian TV describes its battle as one against “narco-terrorists<\/a>”\u00a0of “diverse nationalities” while displaying images of bedraggled captives, mud-caked technicals and dust-encrusted munitions. French news weekly Le Point\u00a0<\/em>has exclusive images <\/a>of French soldiers captured war material from AQIM including a BM-21 Grad truck<\/a> with a 40 shell Multiple Launch Rocket System.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Long after I posted this, France publicly confirmed the death of AQIM’s Abou Zeid<\/a> but never did such for the case of Belmokhtar. The fate of Belmokhtar is still the subject of wild speculation. Chadian President Idriss D\u00e9by Itno said firmly (if bizarrely) that Belmokhtar exploded himself<\/a> after learning of the death of Abou Zeid in a moment of pure desperation. On the other hand, Algiers indicates that it believes Belmokhtar is in southern Libya<\/a>-likley related to their version of deadly events surrounding the In Amenas gas plant raid. Only time will truly tell I suppose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York-\u00a0The first images have seeped out of the Franco-Chadian battles in the Adrar des Ifoghas and the Adrar Tigharghar areas of northeastern Mali’s Kidal Region today. Both Chadian state television and al-Jazeera Arabic gained (or were given) access. Contained…<\/p>\n

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