Thursday, March 15, 2012

Report: French intelligence operation dismantles support network for al-Qaida branch

A French intelligence operation has dismantled a logistical support network of the al-Qaida branch that claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at Algeria's U.N. offices, a news report said Thursday.

Le Figaro newspaper reported that eight men working in connection with al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa were detained Tuesday in the Paris area and in the region around the Normandy city of Rouen.

The Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment on the report.

Le Figaro said the DST counterintelligence service worked for months on the operation to dismantle the logistical support network. At suspects' homes, police …

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