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Algeria's role in hostage resolution

Given that negotiations have come to a standstill concerning the liberation of six French people held by Al Qaeda in [...] (125 words)

Issue dated 22/12/2011

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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Bernard Squarcini
Claude Guéant
Direction Centrale du Renseignement Interieur
Direction Generale de Securite Exterieur

Paris activates networks to reach hostages

France purports to be against paying ransoms but it is exploring various avenues to free its nationals in the Sahel and Syria. [...]

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Paris plans operation against AQIM

Plans are being laid for an operation against jihadist groups in the Sahel, Intelligence Online can reveal. [...]

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John Brennan,Barack Obama's anti-terrorism advisor, has chaired several official US [...]

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French hostage resolution: too many cooks

Since François Hollande's election as French president, the Elysee Palace no longer has someone in overall charge of handing hostage crisis resolution. Benoit Puga used to be in this position when he was Nicolas Sarkozy's private military chief of staff [. [...]

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FRANCE MALI 07/12/2011

Hostage plot thickens for DGSE and DCRI

The kidnapping last month of two French geologists in Mali and the breakdown in negotiations with Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants who are holding four other French nationals has turned the hostage crisis into a spiralling drama. [...]

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Chill with Paris helps Washington

In opposing France on how to handle the security crisis in northern Mali, Algeria will strengthen its security ties with Washington. At least that's the subliminal message which seemed to emerge from a visit to Algiers by Michael Vickers, U. [...]

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Reverting to mediator role in North Mali

Algeria has abruptly changed tack in Mali. In December, Algiers finally got around to sending military specialists to northern Mali to fight Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). But an outbreak of hostilities between Bamako's regular army and independence-seeking rebels [. [...]

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Bust-Up among AQIM chiefs

Some mystery surrounds the creation of a Mouvement pour l’Unicite et le Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) which claimed the kidnapping of three Westerners in a Polisario camp near Tindouf in Algeria on Oct. [...]

Africa Intelligence 22/12/2011

Tuareg deserters take up fight against AQIM

A major geo-political shift is taking place in the Sahel region. A large number of Tuareg officers who found themselves out of work after the defeat of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have set up a Movement National pour la Liberation de [. [...]

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Bernard Squarcini
Claude Guéant
Direction Centrale du Renseignement Interieur
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