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France Brings the Fight to al-Qaida, With Mixed Results

Jul 28th 2010 – 9:45AM

(July 28) -- Though France has quietly and inconsistently assisted U.S.-led efforts against al-Qaida, it's only now, after the terrorist group killed a French aid worker, that Paris has declared war on the international Sunni extremist group. "We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a...

Sarkozy Vows Revenge After al-Qaida Beheads Man

By Dana KennedyJul 26th 2010 – 2:58PM
Mairie de Marcoussis, Enmilal / AP

Mairie de Marcoussis, Enmilal / AP

NICE, France (July 26) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed today to seek revenge on the North African wing of al-Qaida for beheading an elderly French aid worker after a joint Franco-Mauritanian raid to rescue him last week failed. Michel Germaneau, 78, a retired engineer who had been helping build a school for...

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