#10 Mokhtar Belmokhtar
The al-Qaeda linked North African was the architect of a 2013 plot to seize a natural gas refinery in Amenas, Algeria, which resulted in the deaths of more than 38 foreign captives from 10 countries, including three Americans.
Belmokhtar had an extensive history of organizing terrorism, yet always slipped out of the clutches of the U.S. military and its allies. In fact, the French government had nicknamed the Algerian militant “the Uncatchable.” He was one of the most senior al-Qaeda operatives in the North African region. He was buried in Libya’s Ubari area on November 25, security sources from the region have told The New Arab. Mokhtar Belmokhtar died after sustaining serious wounds in a French airstrike on November 15, in the Libyan city of Sabha. Guess the “uncatchable” moniker wasn’t quite true.
