Mali: Al Qaeda Threatens to Kill French Hostages

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) has threatened to execute six French hostages if France intervenes militarily in northern Mali in a message published on a Mauritanian website. The Islamist group threatens "tragedies and catastrophes" for France and its people if France and its African allies take military action in the region.

Four of the hostages, who work for French nuclear giant Areva or for one of its subsidiaries, were kidnapped on 16 September 2010 in northern Niger. Their captors sent out a video of them alive a fortnight ago.

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