France 's government says the hostage rescue operation ` ` did not succeed '' A French soldier dies ; another is missing ; the hostage is presumed dead , France says . But Al - Qaeda says the hostage is alive and at a new location . Nor reported from Mogadishu , and Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London . France says it undertook the rescue operation after the hostage - takers refused to negotiate .
France 's government says the hostage rescue operation ` ` did not succeed '' A French soldier dies ; another is missing ; the hostage is presumed dead , France says . But Al - Qaeda says the hostage is alive and at a new location . France says it undertook the rescue operation after the hostage - takers refused to negotiate .