Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of two Italian nationals in eastern Mauritania. The audiotape, broadcast on Al Arabiya, claimed the kidnapping was politically motivated due to “crimes of the Italian government in Afghanistan and Iraq.” The husband, Sergio Cicala, and his wife, Philomene Kabouree, were taken from their minibus by armed fighters on Dec. 19.

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