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BREAKING: ASSASINATION- President of Mauritania injured after a shootout in the capital - reports
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[quote:Chrit:MV8yMDE2MTg4XzMzODk0ODE5XzhEMzE3OEUy] AQIM just threated to kill French hostages if the invasion of Mali is not called off. UN called for an invasion plan to be drafted on Friday. Snip; The Mujahideen of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali have warned to "open the doors of hell" for French citizens if France kept pushing for armed invasion to retake the north of Mali. "If French president continues to throw oil on the fire, we will send him the pictures of dead French hostages in the coming days," said Oumar Ould Hamaha, a spokesman for the armed group MUJWA, in apparent reference to the six French nationals still held by armed groups after being taken prisoner in the region. "He will not be able to count the bodies of French expatriates across West Africa and elsewhere," Hamaha said by telephone. http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/content/2012/10/14/16832_print.html Snip; Aziz was elected president in 2009. Still, the CIA describes the country's leadership as a "military junta." Security in Mauritania has been ratcheted up in recent weeks amid concerns about "armed terrorist groups" in nearby northern Mali, according to Magharebia, a website sponsored by the U.S. Africa Command -- a part of the U.S. military focused on the continent. The measures include a bolstered security presence on main streets, near embassies and by government buildings in Nouakchott, as well as stepped-up patrols, Magharebia said. No official reason has been given for the enhanced security, according to the report. But the publication, quoting terrorism experts and local news reports, said it may be related to threats posed by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. In May, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Mauritania because of AQIM activities. "As a result of perceived Western involvement in counterterrorism efforts, AQIM has declared its intention to attack Western targets," the warning said. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/world/africa/mauritania-president-shot/index.html?npt=NP1 [/quote]
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