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The Mauritanian military attacked an al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb base inside Mali in the Wagadou forest. “Our armed forces carried out pre-emptive air strikes against this enemy to destroy it,” an official military statement said.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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