Al Qaeda urged Mauritania attacks over Gaza

Al Qaeda's North African wing has urged attacks against Israeli and Western interests in Mauritania, an Internet monitoring agency said, after the Arab state froze political links with Israel over its Gaza offensive.

"Purifying Mauritania from the dirt of the Israeli flag that flies over its skies, expelling the Jews, and closing their embassies are a trust on our necks. So, we will strive as much as possible to achieve this or die in its pursuit," AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel said in a video appeal to Mauritanians. (Reuters)