Al-Salafeyah movement in Algeria claims attack on military position in Mauritania

The Salafeyah Group For Call And Fighting in Algeria claimed responsibility for the attack at a military position for the Mauritanian army to the north east of the country which resulted in killing 15 soldiers, according to a statement issued on its site on the Internet.

The statement read that the fighters of the group launched an attack at the site leaving behind several killing and wounded persons and confiscated weapons. The group justified the attack as a "revenge for our brothers who were detained in recent acts of detentions in Mauritania and in retaliation to the American schemes in the region" to fight the group.

The statement added that the attack was a sort of a clear message indicating that the activity of the group will not be limited to "the internal enemy ( in Algeria) rather will target enemies of out beliefs wherever they exist." By the beginning of April, the Mauritanian government launched a campaign of arrest against scores of persons under planning to topple the regime and form what it called a local terrorist network at the support of the al-Salafeyah group accused of having links with al-Qaida organization led by Osama Bin Laden.

Both the government and people of Mauritania announced on Sunday that 150 gunmen attacked on Saturday at dawn a military barrack in a desert to the north east of Mauritania and this resulted in killing and wounding of people.