[Maghrebia] Two men charged in connection with the failed Nouakchott terror attacks appeared on Mauritanian national television on Wednesday (February 9th) to detail the suicide bomb plot and renounce al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, ANI reported.
| The police must've used the extra-strong truncheons for their interviews. |
| The number 7's, of course, with rich Corinthian leather-wrapped handles... |
According to Atar-born Saleck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou, 27, the plan to blow up the Defence Ministry and the French Embassy was prepared over a period of 4 months at terror camps in northern Mali. He said he was pleased with the failure of the February 2nd operation, adding that he was deceived into participating and regretted his involvement. Ould Cheikh Mohamedou called on all Mauritanians still at AQIM camps in northern Mali to rejoin their country and repent.
| Hopefully he told the police just where those camps are located, too. |
He assured them that authorities would forgive all those who renounced terrorism. "No person should destroy his own nation," he said.
Youcef Galissa, 29, the other suspect apprehended with Ould Cheikh Mohamedou, said he was "joyous" over the failure of the bomb plot. The Guinea-Bissau native also called on his compatriots at the Mali camps to abandon their terrorist ideology. |