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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it is responsible for the kidnapping of two Frenchman in the capital of Niamey. The two men were killed during a raid by French commandos along the Niger-Mali border.

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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