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AL QAEDA THREATENS TO STRIKE AMERICA, FRANCE, DENMARK AND CITIES IN EUROPE

In a recent propaganda message on a jihadist forum, Al Qaeda have posted a map of future strikes on countries sympathetic to the French, following French and allied attempts to oust Al Qaeda forces from Mali.

Concern over President Obama’s nominee for Defense Secretary, former Senator Chuck Hagel, who is set to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Conservative former officers say Mr. Hagel is the wrong person to head the Pentagon because of his soft-line views on Iran, hostility toward Israel and support for cuts in U.S. military and nuclear forces.

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MALI BASED ISLAMIST REBELS VOW ATTACKS ON FRENCH SOIL


The north western African country of Mali has seen intense fighting in recent months. As armed Islamist rebels, backed by al-Qaeda, have taken much of northern Mali, the French President Francois Hollande has provided troops and heavy air support to help the ill equipped Malian army regain ground taken by the rebels.

Now the Islamist rebels have pledged to attack France on French soil.

“France has attacked Islam. We will strike at the heart of France,” Abou Dardar, a leader of Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), one of the Mali-based groups with ties to al Qaeda, told the AFP news agency.

Mali is awaiting more support from other African nations, with America and Britain providing logistical support to the offensive.

There are currently around 550 French troops in the country helping the Malian army.

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