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Mauritania charges alleged kidnapping ringleader
[Maghrebia] A Mauritanian court on Monday (March 29th) arraigned Oumar Ould Sidi Mohamed Ould Hamma, aka Oumar Sahraoui, on charges of orchestrating the al-Qaeda abduction of three Spanish humanitarian aid workers last December. The anti-terrorism court in Nouakchott also charged 18 alleged drug traffickers, including Algerian and Malian nationals, for the February clash with Mauritanian troops in Lemzarrab, ANI reported. Three traffickers were killed and some five tonnes of drugs, weapons, ammunition and supplies were seized during the confrontation.
Posted by: Fred 2010-03-31
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