An al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb suicide bomber attempted to blow up an army barracks outside the town of Nema (1,200 miles from Nouakchott). The bomber refused to stop his truck at a checkpoint and his vehicle exploded after soldiers opened fire. There are no reports of casualties. AQIM has threatened reprisal attacks on Mauritania for its joint raid in Mali.
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