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| Mauritania rejects al-Qaeda ransom demands |
| 2010-03-08 |
| [Maghrebia] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb continues to press an unyielding Mauritania to release jailed terrorists in exchange for three Spaniards and an Italian couple held hostage in Mali, ANI reported on Friday (March 5th). "They really pushed for the release of their fighters," AFP quoted a negotiator in Bamako as saying Friday after meeting in Mali with the kidnappers. Mauritania has refused to accede to the terrorists' demands. "There will be no negotiations with these terrorist groups and there will be no exchange of anyone, against anyone, with the kidnappers. Otherwise, it will never end," Mauritanian Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf said on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Fred |