In the video, masked gunmen pledged their allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said they were fighting his enemies. They criticized the French attacks in Iraq as well as its intervention against radical Islamists in Mali.<\/p>\n
“Our values are at stake,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday after hearing about the video. He would not comment further, but minutes earlier he insisted that France would continue fighting in Iraq as long as necessary.<\/p>\n
Algerian police and soldiers had been combing the imposing Djura Djura mountains on Tuesday in the search for Groudel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To his credit, French President Francois Hollande promised that France won’t deviate from supporting the fight against the Islamic State;<\/p>\n
“As grave as the situation is, we will give in to no blackmail, no pressure, no ultimatum,” he said. “No terrorist group can in any way influence France’s position, will, and freedom.”<\/p>\n
“I repeat it here … we will continue to provide our support to the Iraqi authorities,” said Hollande. That would include weapons deliveries to those fighting the Islamic State group and continued air support for Iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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