Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Abu Musab Abdulwadud, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, claimed that his terror group negotiated with France over the release of Michel Germaneau. “France’s president launched a cowardly military action while negotiations were under way to release Michel Germaneau,” Abdulwadud said, contradicting the French government.

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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