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Spotlight FRANCE Issue dated 04/11/2010

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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