Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s “Al Vourghan” brigade is believed to be responsible for kidnapping a Mauritanian gendarme earlier this week in Adel Bagrou. Some analysts believe the attack was led by the al Qaeda splinter group “Jamat Tawhid Wal Jihad Fi Garbi Afriqqiya” (Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa), which recently claimed responsibility for the Tindouf kidnappings.
