"Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" Claims Attack on the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Friday, 08 February 2008 19:00

The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a February 2, 2008 communiqué issued by "the Al-Qaida Network in the Islamic Maghreb" (formerly known as the Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat, GSPC) claiming responsibility for an attack on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. According to the statement, "The mujahideen took the embassy by surprise by firing their weapons and setting off explosives, and they managed—thanks to Allah—to cause an undetermined number of casualties among the Jews and their guards. The Mauritanian government has kept silent about that number, and has only acknowledged that three French nationals were wounded. This attack has come at a time during which the wretched Jews are treating our brothers in Palestine unjustly, with an oppressive siege, tyranny, torture, murder, expulsion, and images that cause our hearts to break... By Allah, [we will trade] blood for blood and destruction for destruction."

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