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| Jailed al-Qaeda emir warns of risk to Spanish hostages |
| 2010-01-27 |
| [Maghrebia] The former leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's Mauritanian branch confirmed the health of the three Spanish humanitarian aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania in late November. 'We're taking very good care of them; they have everything they need. The treatment is impeccable," Khadim Ould Seman told Spanish newspaper El Periodico in a telephone interview from the Nouakchott prison on Monday (January 25th). He claimed that his "outside contacts" had briefed him on the status of the hostages. The jailed terrorist warned, however, that unless Spain complies with the captors' demands, Albert Vilalta, 35, Alicia Gamez, 35, and Roque Pascual, 50, could suffer the same fate as Edwin Dyer. Al-Qaeda kidnapped the British tourist in January of 2009 near the Mali-Niger border and beheaded him six months later. In related news, Mauritanian security services detained two merchants in Bouhdida, near Aleg, for questioning about alleged commercial business exchanges with al-Qaeda, ANI reported on Monday (January 25th). A primary suspect in the December 18th abduction of an Italian tourist couple in Mauritania was also remanded on Monday to the central prison in Nouakchott. At the time of his arrest last month, Malian national Abderrahmane Ben Meddou reportedly confessed that in return for the promise of a large pay-off, he provided al-Qaeda with information about the movement of the Italians. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Someone in Mauritanian security services should simply state that whatever happens to the Spanish would also happen to him, using a VERY dull blade. In public. In company with a fat sow pig, which would be buried with him. These people are savages. They need to be treated as savages. This war will end a whole lot sooner if we do than if we don't. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-01-27 12:45 |