A terrorist group claims to have executed a French spy -- a man the French government said was likely already dead following a failed rescue attempt over the weekend. The al Qaeda-allied, Somalia-based terrorist organization al-Shabaab released a blunt statement on Twitter early Thursday, saying, "16:30 GMT [11:30 ET], Wednesday, 16 January, 2013. Dennis Allex is executed."

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