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| Mali: Al-Qaeda asks a Malian military hostage to join its ranks, kills another |
| 2010-08-14 |
| [Ennahar] Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), who executed Thursday in Mali the Malian customs helpmate, asked the member of the National Guard, held hostage along with him to "join its ranks," said on Friday security sources. "We just learned from a reliable source that AQIM has asked the National Guard element (an element of the Malian army) captured at the same time as Merzouk "(executed Thursday) to officially become a member of 'AQIM, "said a security source which told AFP in northern Mali. Another security source in the Malian National Guard has confirmed the information. The soldier was kidnapped Tuesday by elements of AQIM, in the Kidal region (north-eastern Mali), at the same time as the employee of Malian customs executed. The organization accused them of being hostile, told AFP Ag Klinine Mokhtar, a relative of one of the two kidnapped men. |
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