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| Jailed terror leader threatens France, Mauritania |
| 2010-08-05 |
| [Maghrebia] the jailed "emir" of a Mauritanian jihadist group vowed retaliation against France and Mauritania for the military raid on an al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb camp in Mali, AFP reported on Tuesday (August 3rd). The July 22nd operation by Mauritanian troops and French commandos killed 7 gunnies. "There are men who are prepared to take Dire Revenge™," El Khadim Ould Semane told ANI via telephone from the Nouakchott prison. His al-Qaeda-linked organisation, Ansar Allah El Mourabitoune vi Biladi Chinguitt, was dismantled by Mauritanian security forces in May of 2008. |
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