https://freerepublic.com/tag/alqaedamauritania/ en-us Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:16:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944343/posts Prosecutors in Mauritania have alleged that men suspected of murdering four French tourists are linked to a group allied to al-Qaeda. At least two of three suspects now being hunted by authorities were linked to the group by prosecutors. Four tourists - apparently members of the same family - were shot by gunmen near the town of Aleg on Monday BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944343/posts#comment Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:16:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1057346/posts NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The United States is expanding anti-terror efforts to the remote reaches of West Africa's Sahara borders, dispatching U.S. troops and contractors to help seal the predominantly Islamic region to al-Qaida and its allies. American officials gave The Associated Press details of the anti-terror program, and Mauritania officials confirmed to AP a massive explosives theft that illustrates why the West is concerned about the region. A U.S. anti-terror team arrived Saturday in the arid, Arab-dominated Islamic republic of Mauritania, U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of State Pamela Bridgewater told reporters late Sunday during a visit here. The small team will... Waterbury Republican-American https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1057346/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:00:16 GMT