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=Al-Qaida claims Italian kidnappings in W. Africa= This article is about an al-qaida having responsibility for kidanpping 2 Italians. This kidnapping came shortly after another kidnapping in the same country. It was 3 weeks apart, believing it was the same kidnappers. The Italians were taken on December 19th 2009. This happened in Mauritania, in the city of Nouakchott. They were kidanpped because of Italy's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan or for ransom. People believe that the kidnappers may be Islamist. Since the kidnapping, the desert is now full of armed men.

The sources I had were Seattle Times and Yahoo News. Yahoo News was mainly talking about only the kidnapping, while Seattle Times was mainly about the reason of the kidnapping, how strong is Italy right now, and how is this kidnapping related to other kidnappings.

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My opinion is that i hope that the Italians are alright, because if something were to happen to them, who knows what Italy might do with 3100 soldiers in Africa.