Cairo: Al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s brother has warned France over consequences of its intervention in Mali against the al-Qaeda affiliated militants and said that it is “playing with fire” in Mali.
According to an interview published in French weekly Le Point, Mohammed al-Zawahiri said, “France is playing with fire… By attacking Mali, France lit the fuse and will suffer the consequences.”
“The reaction of jihadi fighters is likely to be strong, be it in Mali or on French territory.
“France kills our children, we must respond. We have neither bombs nor planes, but our resources allow us to take hostages to defend ourselves,” said the Egyptian Islamist.
“Will we, Muslims, come to Europe and attack you because we are opposed to secularism and Catholicism? You have no right to intervene in our beliefs.”
France launched a military offensive in Mali in January to help the army push back Islamic extremists who had taken hold of the north, and has now begun a phased withdrawal of its 4,500-strong force.
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