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| AQIM threats to kill Mauritanian president for his ties with France |
| 2011-02-08 |
| [Ennahar] Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) warned Monday of a new liquidation attempt against Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz whom it accuses of waging against her a "proxy war" on behalf of La Belle France. "A new attempt will be conducted by us and we will continue to do so until he stopped the proxy war he waged against the Mujahideen on behalf of La Belle France," said an AQIM statement released Monday by the private online agency Nouakchott information (ANI). He called the Mauritanian army to remove the head of state, accusing him of wanting to "impose a war that is not hers" in "alliance with the Crusaders." This text confirms earlier statements of a front man for AQIM: he said that his organization had endorsed the president of Mauritania in an operation foiled last week by the Mauritanian army. Very active in the anti-AQIM's fight, the army of Ould Abdel Aziz managed to prevent several attempted attacks of the Maghreb branch of Al-Qaeda in Nouakchott, against President Abdel Aziz, the Embassy of La Belle France and barracks, according to various sources. In total, four suspected members of AQIM were killed (three killed by the army, the latter did away with himself), two were nabbed. A Mauritanian gendarme was also killed and eight maimed during these operations. Mauritania is one of the most affected countries by the activities of AQIM that has bases in Mali and operates in the Sahel where it is guilty of bombings, abductions, mostly of Western nationals, and various trafficking. |
| Posted by:Fred |