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| Africa: North |
| GSPC claims Mauritania attack |
| 2005-06-06 |
| Algeria's Islamic Salafi Group for Daawa and Fighting Monday claimed responsibility for killing 15 Mauritanian soldiers in a cross-border operation. A statement by the Algerian armed group said, "The operation, the first of its kind, was carried out in revenge for our brothers who were rounded up by the Mauritanian regime and in support for the oppressed Muslims in that country. The mujahedin of the Salafi Group for Daawa and Fighting carried out a major operation by ambushing the treacherous Mauritanian army, destroying at least seven military cars and killing and wounding a number of the soldiers of the authoritarian regime at home, the statement said. The group said the operation was just a message which implies that our activity is not restricted to fighting the internal enemy, but all the enemies of the religion wherever they are." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |