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| Mauritania charges 7 with kidnapping Spanish trio |
| 2010-03-17 |
| [Maghrebia] Mauritania on Monday (March 15th) indicted six men and one woman for involvement in the al-Qaeda abduction of three Spanish humanitarian aid workers, ANI reported. Alleged ringleader Amar Ould Sid 'Ahmed, aka Amar Sahraoui, age 52, was arrested last month in Mali on suspicion of having kidnapped the three Spaniards last November and delivering then to AQIM camps in northern Mali, AFP reported. It is unclear whether he is an al-Qaeda member or merely a sub-contractor who "sold" the hostages to the terrorist organisation. Al-Qaeda freed Spanish hostage Alicia Gamez last week. Two other Spaniards and an Italian couple remain captive in Mali. |
| Posted by:Fred |