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US envoy says France ransoms fed Africa’s al-Qaida

A Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. French troops began to withdraw from Timbuktu Thursday after securing the fabled city as they ramped up their mission in another northern Mali city, searching for Islamic extremists who may be mixing among the local population. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)PARIS (AP) — The former American ambassador to Mali says France paid $ 17 million in ransoms to free French hostages and that the money ended up in the hands of the same al-Qaida militants the country is fighting now.



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