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Afghanistan
French officials speak to French journalist hostages in Afghanistan
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda warns against rescue attempt of French hostages
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Al Qaeda
Kidnappings escalate France’s desert war on al-Qaeda
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida claims kidnapping of 5 French in Niger
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France
Security forces are on full alert in Paris after receiving credible threats of a female suicide bomber planning to attack in the city’s transport system. Also, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris has been given bodyguards after he received “real threats.”
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France
France on full alert for suicide bomb threat on Paris transport
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Europe
Turks believe focus should be on Middle East and away from Europe
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France
French Parliament passes law banning burqas
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Pakistan
Highest amount of donations for Pakistan
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United States
How WikiLeaks keeps its funding secret
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Al Qaeda
‘Secret hand’ in French Sahel raid
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda says held talks on French hostage killed in Sahara
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida no. 2 slams France’s ban on Islamic veils
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AQIM claims to have killed 9 French commandos in raid
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s latest press release has claimed that the group killed nine French special force commandos from the General Directorate for External Security, or DGSE, during a joint Mauritanian-French raid on an AQIM camp in northern Mali. The raid was bold attempt to free a French national, Michel Germaneau. With the controversial aftermath of the raid and Michel Germaneau’s subsequent execution, a propaganda war of details of the incident have ensued with AQIM asserting that 54 French commandos were involved in the assault, contradicting early reports of 20-30 French advisers with no reports of casualties. AQIM…
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France
President Sarkozy has confirmed the killing of French national Michel Germaneau by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and has sworn that his murder “will not go unpunished.” The French government felt it was their “obligation” to attempt to free Germaneau after the AQIM abduction was “not preceded by the slightest beginnings of a dialogue with French or local authorities.”
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia – Permitted to uncover face
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France
French FM: France ‘delivers what Afghans want’
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United Kingdom
States failing to control transport of arms, says Amnesty International
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Syria
Syria – School ban on all-covering veil raises nary a peep among activists in the Middle East
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Al Qaeda
Islamist preacher warns France against banning the burka
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China
Risk-tolerant China investing heavily in Iraq as US companies hold back
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Russia
Putin says freezing missile sale to Iran — France
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France
France: Iran nuclear programme source of ‘concern™
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France
Nine suspected terrorists have gone on trial in Paris for acquiring illegal weapons and planning attacks in the country. Two affiliated groups, one based in Besancon and another in Carcassonne, conducted paramilitary training together. The group consists of one Algerian, four Bosnians, and four Frenchmen.
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France
Judges in Paris have submitted preliminary charges against nine people, including two with prior terrorist convictions. The men were plotting to free Smain Ali Belkacem, an Algerian, who was convicted in 2003 for bombing a Paris rail line in 1995. Belkacem been charged for directing the group’s effort to free him.
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France
French cabinet approves burqa ban law
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France
Security forces arrested 14 “militants” accused of plotting a jailbreak. The men were attempting to free Smain Ait Ali Belkacem, an Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb the Paris metro. Police also detained 12 men involved in sending jihadists to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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France
French antiterror effort: Action, not defense
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Al Qaeda
Europe’s antiterrorism agencies favor human intelligence over technology
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France
Authorities have arrested a French-Moroccan man in a Paris suburb who is suspected of leading a terrorist cell in Morocco with intentions of conducting high-profile assassinations and espionage. The prosecutor’s office has already filed preliminary charges against Ahmed Sahnouni for “criminal association with the goal of preparing terrorist actions.”
