North-Africa, ultimatum for the Sicilian in the hands of Al-Qaida
One day before the expiration of the ultimatum, the terrorist group ‘Al Qaeda in the Maghreb released an audio message by Sergio Cicala, the Sicilian abducted with his wife last December, in the desert of Mauritania, on the border with Mali. The message - a little more than a minute, entitled “Message from the Italian hostage to the Berlusconi’s government” and published with a photo where Cicala is kneeling and unshaved in front of six Islamists with bandaged faces and weapons in hands - was tracked by SITE, the U.S. agency for monitoring Islamist websites, according to which the message was recorded on February 24.
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