story islamic maghreb and al qaeda is on the defensive which effectively is the homeland of northeastern ontario. the group is an enviable to conduct sophisticated tax due to pressure from the algerian forces which have broken of cells and disrupted any number of operations. furthermore thank you i am it is in fried -- chronic financial trouble in algeria and unable to reach recruiting goals. one of the questions of aqim is of it could carry added tax somewhere but we view the likelihood of such an expansion of operation most likely than just a few years ago it is a large measure due to the pressure that group has been under and the strong counterterrorism efforts by france however the picture is different aqim has a and two separate groups of fighters had also increased kidnappings against western targets in the last two years aqim stepped up the pace kidnapping austrian tourist and canadian diplomats and european tourist. another british hostage was murdered and others turned to kidnapping for ransom to raise funds we're urging our partners around the world to adopt a no concessions policy tow