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UncategorizedWikiLeaks confirms ransom paid for Robert Fowler and Louis GuayRobert Fowler and Louis Guay were held captive by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb for five months before they were...
Uncategorized’A negotiated release of the hostages was preferable to just about every other conceivable option’With confirmation that four al-Qaeda prisoners and several million dollars were exchanged for Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and...
Uncategorized’It doesn’t seem important. It is.’The prepared text of Michael Ignatieff’s speech to the Canadian Club this afternoon.
UncategorizedHow Robert Fowler was freedRobert Fowler, the Canadian diplomat who, along with fellow Canadian Louis Guay, was held captive for four months by al-Qaeda in...
UncategorizedHow Fowler’s freedom was bought: letting other countries do our dirty workI’ve just spoken with a source who is familiar with the negotiations that took place for the release of Canadian diplomats...
UncategorizedGermany and Switzerland paid ransom for kidnapped Canadians: Algerian security sourceI have an article in tomorrow’s print edition of Maclean’s about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the Islamist group that held...
WorldSource: Germany and Switzerland paid ransom for kidnapped Canadian diplomatsSenior Algerian security official says US$8 million ransom helped spring Robert Fowler and Louis Guay