Could Al Qaeda hostage have been saved?

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Last Thursday's raid in the Malian desert against Islamist radicals immediately triggered fears over the fate of a 78-year old French aid worker. Now those fears are confirmed. Michel Germaneau, abducted back in April, was killed by a group calling itself Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. So who are these Islamist radicals?

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