ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A French man kidnapped in Algeria appeared in a hostage video on Monday (September 22) in which his kidnappers threatened to kill him if Paris did not halt its intervention in Iraq.<br/> <br />The Caliphate Soldiers, a group linked to Islamic State militants, published a video on the Internet soon after the French ministry announcement that a French national had been kidnapped in eastern Algeria on Sunday.<br/> <br />The IS-linked group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, showing a man who identified himself as Herve Gourdel, 55, from Nice in southern France.<br/> <br />The video that appeared on YouTube and Islamic State Twitter accounts on Monday was entitled "A message from the Caliphate Soldiers in Algeria to the dog Hollande."<br/> <br />The Caliphate Soldiers said in a statement on Sept. 14 it had split from AQIM and sworn loyalty to the Islamic State.<br/> <br />The video shows Gourdel sitting next to two armed gunmen in black turbans and carrying assault r
