The Chief of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abdelmalek Droukdel, alias Abu Musaab Abdelouadoud, has announced escalation against Western interests in the Maghreb and Sahel regions, to get revenge to Gaza.The terror organization, yesterday, has posted in e-forums, specialized in promoting Al-Qaeda thoughts, an audio record of Droukdel, in which he announces that the next targets of his organization are the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania as well as US and European interests in the 5 Maghreb countries in addition to Mali and Niger.
Droukdel said such escalation is as response to the Zionist aggression against Gaza Strip in the occupied Palestine, adding he wishes he and his men were in Gaza to defend "our brothers, sisters and children," yet, he invoked "barriers which prevent us reaching you."
He further incited devotees at the armed Salafiste groups in Mauritania to target Israel's Embassy in Nouakchott, saying: "Clearing Mauritania out from impurity of the Israeli flag fluttering on its sky, chasing Jews away and closing down their Embassy, is a debt on our shoulders and we have to give our all to pay it back or die."
The Israeli Embassy in Mauritania had already been targeted by Al-Qaeda last year. The attack injured several people, including two French nationals working in the Embassy.