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September 24, 2008

Mauritania may get Western backing by fighting 'terror'

DAKAR (AFP) Mauritania's junta, widely condemned since coming to power in a coup last month, could gain Western support by pledging to fight "terrorism" after a grisly attack blamed on an Al-Qaeda-linked group, analysts say. Eleven Mauritanian soldiers and one civilian who went missing following an ambush of a patrol in the country's north on September 14 were found decapitated over the weekend.

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