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2013-03-03 Africa Subsaharan

US Seeks to Confirm Report of Terror Leader's Death

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Posted by tipper 2013-03-03 12:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar's death 'could have repercussions for French hostages'

The lives of the 15 French hostages held in Africa, and especially those of seven captured in northern Mali who may be being used as human shields, could be seriously endangered if the jihadist leader is confirmed dead.

"This is a rumour that is enormously worrying for the families and those of us who support them," Didier Beguin from the support committee for four French hostages abducted by radical Islamists in Niger in September 2010, said..

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