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Al-Qaeda: "Our Jihad Is Being Paid For By Europe"

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2013 · People & Blogs

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The Foreign Office is warning that ransom payments made to kidnappers are directly fuelling terrorism in Mali and Yemen. Despite a commitment from western governments not to pay ransoms, senior officials believe the problem is getting worse. It's thought the French government paid 12 million pounds to free hostages held by Al Qaeda in Niger in October. The BBCs Frank Gardner reports. 

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Europol: New-style Islamic State seeks to target Europe (BBC, Jan 25, 2016)
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Kidnap ransoms 'fuelling terrorism' - UK Foreign Office (BBC, Dec 13, 2013)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25359636
"The UK Foreign Office has warned that ransom payments made to kidnappers are directly fuelling terrorism, and that the problem is getting worse. The G8 countries agreed, at a summit in June, not to pay ransoms to kidnappers, but in practice the agreement does not appear to be holding..."

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24764316
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