(Xinhua) -- The North African wing of Al Qaeda (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the failed suicide bomb attack at Nema, some 1,200 km east of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania.| Another failure for another Al Qaeda branch. They've been using an awful lot of barrel scrapings as martyrs for the cause... Perhaps they should stick to the usual activities of criminal gangs, where they're more successful: kidnapping, murder, protection rackets, multi-continent drug dealing. |
In a statement on an Arabic website, the terrorist organization said this failed attack was meant to be a revenge against the July 22 Franco-Mauritanian raid on an AQIM camp. Seven AQIM members lost their lives during the assault, which was reportedly launched to release a 78-year-old French hostage.