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August 18, 2005
Someone else noticed Mauritania. . .
If your visit here regularly, you know about the coup in Mauritania (previous posts linked below). This has indeed been a story overlooked by the MSM and even much of the blogosphere. Finding reliable information about the coup and international reaction has difficult, but Donald Crankshaw has posted a good overview of the whole situation.
--Jason
Previous Mauritania Posts:
Puppets, Pledges and Cholera. . .A Mauritania
Conflicting Thoughts. . .
Military coup in Mauritania. . .
State Department Press Briefing excerpt.
Posted by JasonColeman at August 18, 2005 11:08 AM
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This month's most underreported news story has got to be the military coup in Mauritania, a West African country whose president had aligned it with the US in the war on terror. I only know about the coup because a co-worker mentioned both it and its ... [Read More]
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Though don't forget that oil and natural gas have recently been discovered in Mauritania. For more on Mauritania see here.
Posted by: Isaac at August 18, 2005 10:36 PM
