Sunday, February 27, 2011

Al Qaeda in the Maghreb, the French hostage released in September 2010

Barcelona. (Editorial) .- A French citizen kidnapped along with four fellow last September in Niger by members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been released, according to various agencies, citing a statement by a minister of the Government of Togo. Larriba Françoise is cancer-stricken wife of one of the miners, the Jean-Claude Madagascar and Togo Rakotorilalao Alex Awando.

Also, a citizen of Togo and another in Madagascar have also been released. The release came in last night, the Elysee Palace said in a statement that the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, he moved his gratitude "to the Niger authorities, as well as those who have participated in the liberation, in particular companies Areva and Vinci-SATOM "without giving further details about the events.

"Four other French citizens remain trapped in the Sahel, plus two in Afghanistan and one in Somalia", highlight the note, which ensures that the French authorities are working with determination to achieve his release. Five days after his abduction on 16 December, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility.

Two months later, the organization called on France to negotiate their release directly with terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and demanded to Paris to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, where it has a contingent of 3,500 soldiers. Sarkozy said that France would not let then "no one dictate its policy." The same terrorist group kidnapped Jan.

7 to two Gauls citizens 25 years in Niamey, Niger's capital, who died hours later in the context of military intervention of French troops along with the Niger armed forces. The same terrorist group carried out last July to French aid Germenau Michel, who was kidnapped two months earlier.

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