Notes:[1] http://islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/10/26/71606.html. The report appeared also in the Kuwaiti daily paper “Al-Qabas”: http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=441461&date=26102008.[2] At the beginning of February 2008, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attacked the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania. No embassy employees were injured in the attack. See:http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/newsid_7221000/7221496.stm, http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&issue=10661&article=457116[3] http://www.jihadica.com/training-camps-in-mauritania/[4] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7558015.stm, http://www.akhbarmauritania.info/news.php?action=view&id=217[5] http://www1.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/nefaaqim1207.pdf[6] http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/103705.htm#mauritania