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DGSE's hostage hesitations

The DGSE 's lack of reliable human intelligence has made the agency heavily dependent on satellite imagery and interception in its efforts to localise the five Areva workers being held hostage in Mali's mountainous Timetrine region by Al Qaeda in [...] (552 words)

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Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Alberto Vilalta
Areva
DGSE
Hélios
Hervé Ghesquière
HUMINT
Linda Norgrove
Michel Germaneau
Military Intelligence Directorate
Navy Seal
Nicolas Sarkozy
Roque Pascual
Special Operations Command
Stéphane Taponier
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Sahel hostage circuit

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