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Terrorists Say They'll 'Execute' Spy Who May Already Be Dead

An al Qaeda-linked terrorist group announced today that it planned to execute a French spy codenamed Denis Allex, who has been held captive in Somalia for years and who French authorities believe is already dead. The Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, said via Twitter that France "voluntarily signed Allex's death warrant" by attempting to launch a rescue operation for the intelligence agent over the weekend. That rescue failed and French authorities acknowledged that two French commandos were...Full Story
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