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by three planes. The
Mauritanian government accused the GSPC of the attack, which the latter claimed in a statement on June 7. The GSPC claimed to have carried out the attack in retaliation for a series of arrests by Mauritanian officials of senior Islamist leaders and GSPC sympathizers, along with
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of the group, a
Mauritanian, asked Belmokhtar to send a summons to the Mauritanian soldiers at the barracks urging them to surrender. Algerian militants in the group reacted harshly to the mufti's proposal, demanding all the soldiers be slaughtered. After some hesitation, Belmokhtar rejected the
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The attack began at dawn on June 4, and lasted only fifteen minutes. The jihadists first took control of the barracks' communications post to prevent the soldiers for calling for reinforcements, and then surrounded the weapons depot. The jihadists then launched the attack on the barracks. The
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Mauritanian forces were caught off guard by the attack; two soldiers tried to flee by foot but were chased and caught by the jihadists. One of the runners, a lieutenant, was shot dead by the jihadists and the other was run over by a pick-up.
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Three days before the battle, the GSPC sent out two scouts; a Malian and a
Nigerien, to plan the attack. The GSPC referred to the scouting as "Operation Badr", in reference to the
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Le Ben Laden du Sahara, sur les traces du jihadiste
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Mauritania (2005-2011)
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