{"id":447717,"date":"2011-06-25T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/25\/north-africa-mauritania-attacks-al-qaeda-in-mali\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T15:34:53","slug":"north-africa-mauritania-attacks-al-qaeda-in-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/25\/north-africa-mauritania-attacks-al-qaeda-in-mali\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa: Mauritania Attacks Al-Qaeda in Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.3211885391\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>25 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Mauritania&#8217;s army claims to have &#8220;completely destroyed&#8221; an Al-Qaeda camp in neighbouring Mali.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries launched a joint offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) on 21 June but Mauritania acted alone in Friday&#8217;s operation.<\/p>\n<p>Four Mauritanian soldiers were wounded, two of them seriously, the army said Saturday, but it could give no figures for Aqim losses.<\/p>\n<p>But the military claimed to control the area Saturday and to have destroyed three vehicles and all the tents in the camp along with their occupants. Both sides used heavy weapons, army sources told RFI.<\/p>\n<p>Military sources earlier claimed that Aqim was trying to establish a new base in the Wagadou forest, where the fighting took place.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Malian and Mauritanian soldiers are involved in operations along Mali&#8217;s western border.<\/p>\n<p>Mauritania launched its first solo raid in Malian territory in September 2010, having already taken part in a joint operation with France in July.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110625-mauritnia-claims-have-destroyed-al-qaeda-camp-mali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106250017.html\" title=\"North Africa: Mauritania Attacks Al-Qaeda in Mali\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Africa: Mauritania Attacks Al-Qaeda in Mali<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 June 2011 Mauritania&#8217;s army claims to have &#8220;completely destroyed&#8221; an Al-Qaeda camp in neighbouring Mali. The two countries launched a joint offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) on 21 June but Mauritania acted alone in Friday&#8217;s operation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Africa: Mauritania Attacks Al-Qaeda in Mali - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/25\/north-africa-mauritania-attacks-al-qaeda-in-mali\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"North Africa: Mauritania Attacks Al-Qaeda in Mali - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"25 June 2011 Mauritania&#039;s army claims to have &quot;completely destroyed&quot; an Al-Qaeda camp in neighbouring Mali. 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