this one al gerian terrorist, not clear if they killed him or not, a group claimed responsibility for attacks before in march attacking a restaurant popular with expats there. it's also the same group that carried out that hostage siege at the gas complex in southern algeria where there was a great loss of life in 2013. this may well be al qaeda sort of trying to compete with isis to a certain degree. there was a lot of anti-french sentiment in this claim of responsibility saying it was retaliation that international force in mali which is very much a french-led force and also calling for the release of jihadi prisoners inside france. this is al qaeda taking their war to france. >> and how big, melissa, how big a problem is terrorism in mali? >> it remains a huge problem, jake, simply because only the french intervention that began