| Another one? Isn't there anything else to do in Mauritania? They need a drive-in or something... |
| No wonder Yasser doesn't want to go there. |
Mauritania has foiled a coup attempt, the third in 15 months, says the interior minister. Mohamed Ghali Ould Cherif Ahmed said "a vast plan of destabilisation and sabotage" had been planned this week. Security forces have seized a large quantity of arms and arrested several people, including a former military captain, Abderahmane Ould Mini. He is considered to be one of the most senior figures responsible for an attempted coup in June last year. | If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Just don't get caught. |
The minister said a confession by Mr Ould Mini after his arrest had let to the seizure of an arms cache outside the capital, Nouakchott.  | (Wack!) "Ouch, OK, I did it! I'll talk, just put that down!" |
The last attempt to topple President Maaouiya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya was in August. The Mauritanian government has accused Burkina Faso and Libya of supporting earlier coup plots. President Taya took power in a bloodless coup in December 1984 and has been re-elected three times since. | That makes him a senior statesman |
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