Regular readers of Jihadica know of my long-running interest in Jihadism in Mauritania (go here for a great blog about the country). Recently, a German intel chief remarked that al-Qaeda has moved all of its training camps from Af-Pak to Mauritania and is planning to launch attacks on Europe from there. The movement of all the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Mauritania’
Training Camps in Mauritania
Posted: 23rd October 2008 by Will McCants in MauritaniaTags: Mauritania
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Mauritania Again
Posted: 28th June 2008 by Will McCants in Mauritania, Saudi ArabiaTags: Mauritania, Saudi Arabia
In the news surrounding the Saudi statement on its capture of suspected terrorists over the past six months (see Marisa’s links here and here and here), one thing stood out: 40 Mauritanians were arrested in Saudi’s oil-rich Eastern Province, some (all?) of whom were part of a cell that planned to attack oil installations in […]
Mauritania on the Horizon
Posted: 7th June 2008 by Will McCants in MauritaniaTags: Mauritania, Zawahiri
Ekhlaas member moutagha asks “What is the reason that Usama mentioned Mauritania in his latest speech?” He notes that it was well after al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attacked the Israeli embassy in Mauritania in February 2008 and after Jihadis killed four French tourists in December 2007. Although moutagha does not receive any good responses […]