The al-Kataib Media Foundation has released a new video entitled "A Message to François Hollande: A Video Message from the French Prisoner Denis Allex"
(Arabic: "رسالة إلى فرانسوا أولاند: كلمة مرئية للأسير الفرنسي "دينيس اليكيس )
This video runs for a total length of 4 minutes 17 seconds and features s the French citizen Denis Allex speaking directly to the camera in French (English subtitles are provided). Denis Allex is an agent of France's external security agency, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) who was abducted along with his colleague Marc Aubrière from the hotel they were staying at in Mogadishu on 19 July 2009. Although Marc Aubrière was able to escape his captors Denis Allex has remained in captivity.
It is notable that in this video Denis Allex says that the video was recorded in month of July 2012 and that the end credits indicate the video was produced in August 2012. The release of this video has therefore been delayed for anywhere up to almost two months. While the reasons for this delay are unknown it is almost certain that given the recent military and strategic defeats suffered by al-Shabaab, particularly the recent fall of Kismayo, that the Islamist group may now be attempting to utilize Denis Allex as a bargaining chip or means of pressuring France to drop its support of the Somali Government and AMISOM. Whatever the case it is clear through the message delivered in this video that the safety and well-being of Denis Allex continues to remain precariously balanced. Should al-Shabaab determine that their hostage no longer represents any value to the group as a bargaining chip or source of ransom then it is likely, as hinted at in this video, he will be executed.
It is notable that in this video Denis Allex says that the video was recorded in month of July 2012 and that the end credits indicate the video was produced in August 2012. The release of this video has therefore been delayed for anywhere up to almost two months. While the reasons for this delay are unknown it is almost certain that given the recent military and strategic defeats suffered by al-Shabaab, particularly the recent fall of Kismayo, that the Islamist group may now be attempting to utilize Denis Allex as a bargaining chip or means of pressuring France to drop its support of the Somali Government and AMISOM. Whatever the case it is clear through the message delivered in this video that the safety and well-being of Denis Allex continues to remain precariously balanced. Should al-Shabaab determine that their hostage no longer represents any value to the group as a bargaining chip or source of ransom then it is likely, as hinted at in this video, he will be executed.
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