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Algeria's Chief of Staff General Ahmed Gaid Salem attends the meeting of the Army chiefs from four Sahel nations -- Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger - in Nouakchott on July 11, 2012. Army chiefs from four Sahel nations met in Nouakchott on July 11 to discuss the worsening security crisis in occupied northern Mali, the Mauritanian press agency reported. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Algeria's Chief of Staff General Ahmed Gaid Salem attends the meeting of the Army chiefs from four Sahel nations -- Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger - in Nouakchott on July 11, 2012. Army chiefs from four Sahel nations met in Nouakchott on July 11 to discuss the worsening security crisis in occupied northern Mali, the Mauritanian press agency reported. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo by STR / AFP)        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)