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In 2011, After the Kidnapping of Two Young French People in Niger, the Message of Firmness Turned Into a Filmed Fiasco.

Summary by Le Monde
"In the background of hostage-taking" (3/4) After the kidnapping in January 2011 of Antoine de Léocour and Vincent Delory, in Niamey, by jihadists, the French military intercepted the kidnappers in the middle of the desert. The two hostages perished. "Le Monde" described the content of unpublished images of this improvised and chaotic operation.

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In 2011, After the Kidnapping of Two Young French People in Niger, the Message of Firmness Turned Into a Filmed Fiasco.

"In the background of hostage-taking" (3/4) After the kidnapping in January 2011 of Antoine de Léocour and Vincent Delory, in Niamey, by jihadists, the French military intercepted the kidnappers in the middle of the desert. The two hostages perished. "Le Monde" described the content of unpublished images of this improvised and chaotic operation.

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