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Gunmen Attack Israeli Embassy in Mauritania

Five wounded as building is peppered with machine-gun fire

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2008 5:18 AM CST

(Newser) – Six gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott today, wounding five people. The attackers shouted "God is great" before the shooting, reports AFP. Although the gunmen fled and remain unidentified, an American terrorist monitor... Read full story »

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