Posted on 06/08/2005 10:08:15 AM PDT by Wiz
CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria's leading Islamic insurgency group was said to have moved operations to Mauritania.
Mauritania has accused the Salafist Brigade for Combat and Call of infiltrating the North African state. Officials said the Salafists have been directed by Al Qaida to attack military bases and other critical facilities in the pro-U.S. ally.
On June 4, about 150 Salafist operatives stormed a military base in northeastern Mauritania near the Algerian border. Officials said 15 soldiers and five operatives were killed and six military vehicles were stolen.
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Salafist? Isn't that some sort of weird Hamslamic perversion?
something like that :)
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