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RECAP and UPDATED:

MEMRI IWMP.org: "AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK IN MAURITANIA" (Posted January 2, 2008)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: 'AL-QAIDA NETWORK IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB' CLAIMS 'VICTORIES IN ALGERIA AND MAURITANIA'" by Evan Kohlmann (December 30, 2007)

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JIHAD WATCH.org (AP, DEUTSCHE WELLE): "MAURITANIA: JIHADISTS KILLED FAMILY OF FRENCH TOURISTS" (December 27, 2007)

SEATTLE TIMES.com (AP): Nouakchott, Mauritania - "MURDER OF FRENCH TOURISTS IN MAURITANIA LINKED TO AL-QAIDA GROUP" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islamic extremists allied with al-Qaida are the suspected killers of four French tourists in Mauritania; the Frenchmen were gunned down after they stopped for a Christmas Eve picnic in this northwest African country.") (Updated December 26, 2007, 01:47 PM)

BBC NEWS.com: "TOURISTS SHOT DEAD IN MAURITANIA" (Last updated December 24, 2007, 21:26 GMT)

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2008/01/04/crude_awakening

TOWNHALL.com: “CRUDE AWAKENING” -Column by Oliver North (January 4, 2008)

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http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=284256727244281

IBD EDITORIALS: “OVER A BARREL” by Investor’s Business Daily (January 3, 2008, 4:20 pm PT)