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Jihad in Mauritania. From AP, with thanks to Raymond:
Mauritania's pro-U.S. government broke up a plot by military officers and radical Islamists to seize power in this heavily Arab West African nation through a bombing and assassination campaign, officials with the military and the ruling party claimed Monday.There was no immediate confirmation or denial from the Sahara nation's government, and it was impossible to verify the claims independently.
Ruling party officials blamed military officers, civilians and radical Islamists in the alleged plot against President Maaoya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya's government, which has allied itself with Washington in the war on terror.
Authorities arrested at least two military officers for planning a violent campaign that had the ultimate aim of wresting power from Taya, four officials of Taya's party said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed top figures were targeted for assassination, including Taya.
Western officials said they were investigating the reports of arrested military personnel.
An unspecified number of civilians and alleged Muslim extremists also were taken into custody, the ruling party officials said.
"They were hoping to carry out their plan, but it was derailed at the last moment," said a separate military source, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
Posted by Robert at August 9, 2004 4:36 PM
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America and the West might get a lot of useful info out of this. Also a fresh batch of Dustbin
Laden associates for interrogation.
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at August 9, 2004 5:38 PM
America and the West might get a lot of useful info out of this. Also a fresh batch of Dustbin
Laden associates for interrogation.
at August 9, 2004 5:39 PM
There's a hell of a lot of terrorist-plans being derailed " at the last minute" , it's happening to much to be a coincidence, which further prooves my point that our governments and "spooks" are onto the international terror groups.
By this I mean that , logically, for a "spook team" such as the CIA, in order to make an accurate, efficient and constructive arrest they need to actually catch the terrorists in the heat of the moment rather than in the planning stages, as they will then have incontrovertable evidence against them, and will be clued up enought to anticipate future attacks in simular circumstances and positions.
at August 10, 2004 7:33 AM
Rikki~ in a way, that is part of the problem. These investigations and interdictions have been in the works for several years. Sooner or later they were bound to bear fruit... but they bore fruit during a political season and the Left is having fits about the 'timing'....
Posted by: Gary at August 10, 2004 7:55 AM
Gary,
Let the left keep having their fits, they are starting to look less credible by the minute.
at August 11, 2004 8:53 AM
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