One-eyed Muslim terrorist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar is on a roll after masterminding two major terror operations in the Sahara this year. His steely pragmatism combined with his indifference to religious ideology makes him a different breed of terrorist, one the West is ill-equipped to fight. The real fear is that Belmokhtar, and others who follow him, may soon win control over much of the Sahara Desert, and the countries of North Africa.
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