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| An alleged accomplice of AQIM wanted in Mauritania, arrested in Mali |
| 2010-10-18 |
| [Ennahar] A man described as an accomplice of al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and searched in Mauritania where he is suspected of involvement in an attack against a military garrison in 2005, was jugged in Mali, we learned Sunday from a Malian security source. "We jugged Sanda Ould Boumama Saturday, an accomplice of al-Qaeda wanted in Mauritania", told AFP a Malian security source without specifying the nationality of the person jugged and place of his arrest. "He (Sanda Ould Boumama) had been jugged in Mauritania because strongly suspected of involvement in the bombing of Lemgheity (at the north-eastern border with Mali) in 2005. In the meantime, while we waited for his trial He decamped to come and settle in the territory of Mali where he was jugged," the source added. Fifteen Mauritanian soldiers were killed in this attack against a garrison led by the Mauritanian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb... (GSPC). The GSPC has joined in September 2006 the Al Qaeda of Osama bin Laden and renamed itself as AQIM. Sahel AQIM operates in a wide desert area shared by Algeria, Niger, Mauritania and Mali. |
| Posted by:Fred |