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Al-Qaeda letter indicates $1.1M paid to free diplomats Fowler, Guay
Source: Associated Press
Al-Qaeda letter indicates 1.1M paid to free diplomats Fowler, Guay
The Associated Press Posted: May 29, 2013 9:16 AM ET Last Updated: May 29, 2013 9:07 AM ET
An al-Qaeda letter found in an abandoned building in Mali indicates the extremist group was paid $1.1 million to release Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay in 2009.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press from a building once occupied by al-Qaeda fighters in Mali offer a glimpse into both the inner workings of a highly structured organization that requires its commanders to file monthly expense reports, and the internal dissent that led to his rise.
The jihadists quibble over the amount of money raised by the 2008 kidnapping of Fowler, the highest-ranking United Nations official in Niger, and Guay. After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaeda's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee, Moktar Belmoktar
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"Here we must ask, who handled this important abduction poorly? … Does it come from the unilateral behaviour along the lines of our brother Abu Abbas, which produced a blatant inadequacy: Trading the weightiest case (Canadian diplomats!!) for the most meager price (700,000 euros)!!"
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The Associated Press Posted: May 29, 2013 9:16 AM ET Last Updated: May 29, 2013 9:07 AM ET
An al-Qaeda letter found in an abandoned building in Mali indicates the extremist group was paid $1.1 million to release Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay in 2009.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press from a building once occupied by al-Qaeda fighters in Mali offer a glimpse into both the inner workings of a highly structured organization that requires its commanders to file monthly expense reports, and the internal dissent that led to his rise.
The jihadists quibble over the amount of money raised by the 2008 kidnapping of Fowler, the highest-ranking United Nations official in Niger, and Guay. After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaeda's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee, Moktar Belmoktar
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"Here we must ask, who handled this important abduction poorly? … Does it come from the unilateral behaviour along the lines of our brother Abu Abbas, which produced a blatant inadequacy: Trading the weightiest case (Canadian diplomats!!) for the most meager price (700,000 euros)!!"
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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/05/29/fowler-ransom-alqaeda.html
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