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Fate of jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar unclear after US air strike in Libya by Ian Black, Middle East editor, and Chris Stephen in Tunis Monday June 15 th , 2015 at 4:10 PM Network Front | The Guardian 1 Share US says enormous care taken to avoid harming civilians, as Libyan media says strike left 33 dead and many wounded The US air force has said it targeted a notorious jihadi leader linked to al-Qaida in a weekend air strike on Libya. But there was no confirmation of the reported death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who was accused of leading an attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 40 hostages. Saturday’s raid near Adjabiya was carried out by F-15E aircraft using precision weapons. The US air force secretary, Deborah Lee James, said “enormous care” had been taken to avoid harming civilians. “The impact of the raid is still being assessed,” she told reporters at the Paris air show. “I have absolute confidence in our people and the in