Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video confirming that three Spanish hostages kidnapped in November 2009 are alive. AQIM is also holding three other hostages and has threatened to kill the French hostage if imprisoned AQIM fighters are not released by France and Mali.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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