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| Mauritanian Court Orders Extradition of Kidnapper to Mali |
| 2010-08-19 |
| [Maghrebia] Malian national Omar Sid'Ahmed Ould Hamma (aka Omar Sahraoui) was extradited from Nouakchott to Bamako on Monday, ANI reported on Tuesday (August 17th). A Mauritanian court on August 11th upheld Sahraoui's 12-year prison term for the kidnapping of Spanish aid workers Albert Vilalta and Roque Pascual. The hostages remain held in Mali by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. |
| Posted by:Fred |