[AFP] French police on Thursday were holding five men believed to be members of a logistical support cell for al-Qaeda's branch in the Maghreb, capping months of investigation by counter-intelligence DST agents. Al-Qaeda's Branch in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the car bombings in Algiers on December 11 that killed 41 people and a series of other attacks in Algeria.
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