Visit Beauty's column >>

BEAUTYHome Page

Love all, serve all
Add To Watchlist
Articles Posted: 9; Links Seeded: 715
Member Since: 7/2006Last Seen: 2/10/2010

Spain fears Mauritania kidnap was al-Qaeda

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 2:27 AM EST
advertisement

Spain says al-Qaeda's North African cell is likely to be responsible for the apparent kidnapping of three aid workers in Mauritania.

Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said "everything suggests" al-Qaeda in the Maghreb was involved.

Published to:

What's this?
Who's leading the conversation?
This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.
1.5
{"commentId":10964649,"authorDomain":"nigeriawhatisnew"}
Beauty
Analysts say Mauritania has generally been a peaceful country - but several attacks linked to the al-Qaeda cell have rocked the status quo.

Any cause for more war-on-terror-cash, make mine a double gin and tonic! Why are these people poor? Why do they need aid and charity? Question everything by Marx rules! The analysts are wrong! Here is another view of Mauritania.

"General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz came to power by ousting his democratically-elected predecessor, President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in a military coup in August 2008.

Nearly a year later, he won his own democratic mandate by being elected president in elections held under an agreement with coup opponents in July 2009.

The official results gave Gen Abdelaziz 52%, well ahead of the second placed candidate, parliament speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, who got 16%.

The main opposition candidates claimed the result was fabricated and merely designed to legitimise Gen Abdelaziz's military rule, but international observers said the vote had been largely free and fair. Sid'Ahmed Ould Deye, the head of the Electoral Commission, resigned after expressing his own doubts about the result.
After his win, the new president-elect said he would strengthen Mauritania's army to "fight terrorism in all its forms".

Previously serving as President Abdallahi's chief of the presidential staff, he toppled his boss when Mr Abdallahi tried to dismiss him in August 2008, amid reports of a political rift between the two men.

Gen Abdelaziz had also been instrumental in the 2005 coup that overthrew former President Maaouiya Ould Taya and installed the coup leader Ely Ould Mohamed Vall as president.

President Abdallahi's overthrow was one of 11 coups or attempted coups since independence from France in 1960. He won a presidential vote in March 2007 to become Mauritania's first democratically-elected president since independence".

{"commentId":10964649,"threadId":"735923","contentId":"3569718","authorDomain":"nigeriawhatisnew"}
  • 1 vote
Reply#1 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 2:31 AM EST
{"canLink":false,"threadId":"735923","isPrivate":false}
Leave a Comment:
You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead.
Newsvine Privacy Statement
As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.
{"threadId":"735923","contentId":"3569718"}
Start TrackingStart Tracking
Stop TrackingStop Tracking
Back To Top | Front Page