Osama Bin Laden masterminded the 9/11 attacks on America Osama Bin Laden has reportedly tied the kidnapping of five French people in Niger to France’s treatment of its Muslim minority.
An audio message said to have been recorded by the al-Qaeda leader says the abduction was retaliation for “France’s injustice to Muslims”.
It says forthcoming French curbs on the full veil are “colonial oppression”.
Five French citizens and two others were abducted by al-Qaeda militants at a uranium mine in Niger last month.
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