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Mass terror trail in Mauritania Mass terror trial in Mauritania
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The trial in Mauritania of 24 suspected Islamic militants is set to begin. The trial in Mauritania of more than 20 suspected Islamic militants has begun.
Some of them are accused of receiving training from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat in Algeria, which has links to the al-Qaeda network.Some of them are accused of receiving training from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat in Algeria, which has links to the al-Qaeda network.
The group said it carried out twin bombings in Algiers last month that killed 30 people.The group said it carried out twin bombings in Algiers last month that killed 30 people.
Others are charged with mounting a deadly attack on a Mauritanian army garrison in 2005 that killed 17 soldiers and wounded 69 others.Others are charged with mounting a deadly attack on a Mauritanian army garrison in 2005 that killed 17 soldiers and wounded 69 others.
Several of the accused went on a hunger strike in February to demand that they be brought to trial.Several of the accused went on a hunger strike in February to demand that they be brought to trial.
Their trials had been postponed by the country's transitional government, as it moved towards transferring power from a military to a civilian government.Their trials had been postponed by the country's transitional government, as it moved towards transferring power from a military to a civilian government.
Newly installed civilian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has said he will continue Mauritania's policy of supporting US efforts to quell al-Qaeda activity in North Africa.
Western security agencies say they suspect Islamist militants have been running military training camps in the desert border regions of Mauritania.