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| Suspected AQIM scouts arrested in Mauritania |
| 2010-07-31 |
| [Maghrebia] Mauritanian soldiers have apprehended two suspected scouts of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Mauritanie-web reported on Friday (July 30th). The arrests occurred overnight Wednesday at the border with Algeria and Mali, near Lemgheitty, the scene of a bloody 2005 terrorist attack. The suspects were jugged after a car chase and exchange of fire, said security sources quoted by Mauritanie-web. Lemgheitty has for several months been declared a "military zone" controlled by the army's counter-terrorism forces. The arrests follow a Mauritanian army raid on an AQIM stronghold in Mali that aimed at finding French hostage Michel Germaneau, whose execution prompted a French declaration of "war" on Al-Qaeda. |
| Posted by:Fred |