| Mauritanian man was arrested by the Gambian authorities on suspicion of belonging to a dormant al-Qaida cell in the West African country, sources said. The source, who spoke Monday to United Press International on condition of anonymity, said Abdullah Ould Nafeh was arrested Saturday for interrogation "and is being held in an unknown place where even his family could not reach him." He said he got the information from the Mauritanian expatriate community in Banjul. The source said Mauritania's consul in Banjul appears to be involved in Ould Nafeh's arrest. Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network has several dormant cells in the western part of the African continent where the Senegalese authorities arrested two nationals two weeks ago carrying powerful explosives. The two detainees were accused of belonging to al-Qaida. |