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A soldier blocking the street after gunmen opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania on Friday. (Reuters) Last update - 12:03 03/02/2008 Al-Qaida claims responsibility for shooting attack near Israeli Embassy in Mauritania By Haaretz Service and News Agencies Tags: terrorism, Israel, Al-Qaida  Al-Qaida claimed responsibility early Sunday morning for Friday's shooting attack near the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania that wounded three French nationals. The international terrorist organization urged Muslim states to cut all ties to Israel. Mauritani, an Islamic republic that straddles black and Arab Africa, is one of the few Arab League states to have diplomatic relations with Israel. Israeli sources said they believe the embassy was not in fact the target of the attack, but rather an adjacent restaurant frequented by foreign diplomats. Advertisement The attack followed recent public calls by political parties in Mauritania for the government to sever ties to Jerusalem. Israel Radio reported Saturday that the Mauritanian authorities have apprehended three suspects believed to be connected to the shooting in the capital of Nouakchott, citing local media reports in Mauritania. The three suspects were reportedly arrested while attempting to flee a police checkpoint, according to Israel Radio. It said that according to the Mauritanian media, police discovered during an interrogation that the suspects were en route to a nearby rendezvous where a getaway car was awaiting them. No embassy staff were hurt in the shooting attack, Israeli Ambassador to Mauritania Boaz Bismuth told Israel Radio in a telephone conversation on Friday. Related articles: Report: Mauritania arrests three in Israeli Embassy shooting Three held in Mauritania Israeli Embassy shooting Bookmark to del.icio.us   Negev attack Dimona suicide bombing kills one woman in first such attack in more than a year. A friend in Dalia Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik is secretly raising Knesset officials' salaries.   1.   ISLAMIST TERROR is a worldwide threat to Moslems& non Moslems 10:57  |  PETER SM 03/02/08   2.   IF THIS IS THE BEST "AL-QAIDA" CAN 11:02  |  Robert 03/02/08   3.   Another Islamic Republic???? 11:39  |  Ariel 03/02/08   4.   So it wasn`t an attack on the Embassy 12:12  |  Softmore 03/02/08   5.   The mauritanians say 12:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 03/02/08   6.   Willing to kill their own civilians... 12:52  |  Nik Miller 03/02/08   7.   Don`t worry be happy 13:05  |  Minda 03/02/08   8.   A lone gunman 13:13  |  Mkamankabo 03/02/08   9.   Ben Venzke is behind this nonsense 13:41  |  Howard Hunt 03/02/08   10.   The Intel Center`s creation of `Hamza Ould Bilal` 14:16  |  David Finley 03/02/08   11.   So this didn`t happen, or what? 14:27  |  Gregory Will 03/02/08   12.   Howard Hunt 14:38  |  Drew Franklin 03/02/08   13.   This should be fun to watch... AQ going after Israel. 15:04  |  POP 03/02/08   14.   This should be fun to watch... AQ going after Israel. 15:04  |  POP 03/02/08   15.   # 3 Ariel...Mauratania is a Democracy 15:11  |  Lynn 03/02/08   16.   Could it be that these 15:23  |  danite 03/02/08   17.   The embassy does not fly the Star of David. 15:34  |  Stephen. 03/02/08   18.   Al Qaida is losing its touch 16:13  |  Conroy 03/02/08   19.   Another Islamic Republic 16:22  |  will 03/02/08   20.   A contradiction 16:24  |  will 03/02/08   21.   POP: Why do you think AQ going after Israel 16:31  |  Patricia 03/02/08   22.   Al-Quaeda slippng? 16:56  |  Mark Lincoln 03/02/08   23.   Looks more like a Mossad job 17:14  |  Dav 03/02/08   24.   # 23 Looks like YOU"RE more of a nut job than Charles Manson 17:32  |  Petra 03/02/08   25.   # 19 Will, re: who cares? Nobody except the dying. 17:36  |  Petra 03/02/08   26.   POOP: Trying To Sound Sly 18:24  |  Tex 03/02/08   27.   POP Al Qeida does not care WHO they kill.Have fun!! 19:03  |  PETER SM 03/02/08   28.   THINK: LIKE ABU NIDAL, WHY AL-QAIDA SELDOM TARGETS ISRAELIS? 20:53  |  JACKAL 03/02/08   29.   POP It depends,AQ goes after Iraquis and it`s not funny for us 21:17  |  Damian 03/02/08   30.   That odious terrorist agression won`t remain unpunished 21:35  |  Mawloud Ould Daddah 03/02/08   31.   POP What Fun! 2 mentally retarded women used by Al Qeida 21:56  |  PETER SM 03/02/08   32.   17. Why hide the Embassy? 22:21  |  Palestinian Brit 03/02/08   33.   17. Why hide the Embassy? 22:21  |  Palestinian Brit 03/02/08   34.   It angers a lot of people that Mauritania and Israel have ties 22:29  |  Conroy 03/02/08   35.   This attack 00:29  |  Abu Salame 04/02/08   36.   Alqueda 00:58  |  Where are they now? 04/02/08   37.   #17 Israel has special relations with many.... 01:02  |  Stephen. 04/02/08   38.   See, I told you this would be fun, Peter SM is already calling... 03:33  |  POP 04/02/08   39.   RESPOND #1 04:56  |  TOBIA 04/02/08   40.   #38 YOU NEED GLASSES AND HEARING AID 05:02  |  TOBIA 04/02/08   41.   to nr 18 thank U 06:44  |  Habib 04/02/08   42.   LOL.POP the ignorant.Here is the BBC on RETARDED suicide bombers 08:41  |  PETER SM 04/02/08

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