Niger Kidnappings Show Terror's Spread -- Washington PostDAKAR, Senegal -- With stunned diners looking on, the turbaned attackers burst through the metal door of the open-air restaurant and went straight for their targets: two Frenchmen whom they brazenly dragged at gunpoint into a vehicle waiting outside.
The kidnapping, blamed by French authorities on al-Qaida's North Africa branch, ended with the pair's tragic deaths during a failed French-led rescue attempt over the weekend. The bold hostage-taking showed in the most chilling way that abductions like these are no longer limited to the distant, lawless deserts of northwestern Africa where smugglers and bandits have long held sway.
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More News On This Weeks Kidnap Attempt And Failed Rescue In Niger
France Blames Al-Qaida for Killings of French Hostages in Niger -- Voice of America
French PM blames al-Qaeda for hostage deaths -- National Post
'Al-Qaeda' killed French Niger hostages -- AFP
Niger Kidnappings Show Terror's Spread -- CBS
French PM sees al Qaeda behind Niger abductions -- Reuters
France says Niger Frenchmen 'killed in cold blood' -- BBC
French hostages 'killed by captors' in Niger -- BBC
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