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| Former Touareg rebel assisting effort to free kidnapped Spaniards |
| 2009-12-28 |
| [Maghrebia] A former Touareg rebel leader is participating in talks to obtain the release of 3 Spanish humanitarian aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania last month by al-Qaeda terrorists, ANI reported on Sunday (December 27th). Iyad Haj is now Mali Consul in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2003, he helped obtain the release of more than 30 foreign hostages held in the western desert of northern Mali, the Nouakchott daily noted. |
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