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French Forces Rescue Japanese Ambassador, Others in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- French forces wearing night vision goggles rappelled from a helicopter to rescue the Japanese ambassador and seven others, France's foreign minister said Thursday, as Ivory Coast's strongman leader remained in an underground bunker amid the fighting. Forces allied with Ivory Coast's internationally...

French Jets Hit Libya Targets; US Cuts Combat Role

BENGHAZI, Libya -- French fighter jets hit aircraft and a crossroads military base deep inside Libya on Thursday as the U.S. reduced its combat role in the international operation that is working to thwart Moammar Gadhafi's forces by land, sea and air. Libya's air force has been effectively neutralized, and the government...

US Official: French Jet Destroys Libyan Plane

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. official says a French fighter jet reported attacking and destroying a Libyan plane that has been preliminarily identified as a military trainer aircraft. The official provided information about the event Thursday on condition of anonymity because it has not been publicly announced by the French...

Bin Laden Warns France Over Afghan War, Veil Ban

CAIRO (Oct.27) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a new law that will ban face-covering Muslim veils. In the tape obtained by satellite television station Al-Jazeera and then posted on its...

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

(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...