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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19938905[/url]
[quote=BBC News][B]Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has been shot and wounded, security sources say.[/B]
They say he is now being treated at a military hospital in Nouakchott, which is sealed off by security forces.
The sources declined to provide any further details.
Mr Abdelaziz, aged 55, came to power in a military coup in 2008. He was presidential elections a year later held under an agreement with coup opponents.
Details of the shooting remain sketchy.
However, Mauritanian Communications Minister Hamdi Ould Mahjoub was quoted as saying that the president was injured when a military patrol accidentally opened fire on his convoy.
Reports say his injury is light and that his life is not danger.[/quote]
Am I dumb if I never even knew Mauritania existed?
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania[/URL]
The wiki, for people who don't know what/where Mauritania is or why it is significant.
I have literally never heard of this country in my life
Still, rated friendly
[QUOTE=valkery;38025262][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania[/URL]
The wiki, for people who don't know what/where Mauritania is or why it is significant.[/QUOTE]
[quote]Slavery in Mauritania has been called a major human rights issue [7] as well as female genital mutilation, child labour, and human trafficking.[/quote]
sounds like a nice place
[QUOTE=Aman VII;38025220]Am I dumb if I never even knew Mauritania existed?[/QUOTE]
The only reason I know about it is because it is because of this
[video=youtube;fJMEJ0mKaV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMEJ0mKaV0[/video]
(right near the end)
This mistake has been there for hours
[quote]He was presidential elections a year later[/quote]
You want elections? I [i]am[/i] elections
[QUOTE=smurfy;38025426]This mistake has been there for hours
You want elections? I [i]am[/i] elections[/QUOTE]
El Presidente for life.
This just in, a feisty llama was arrested by secret police today after an assassination attempt on El Presidente. It was reported spitting at officers and ate one of El Presidente's prized hats!
Looks like the ideal shithole location for another war.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;38025220]Am I dumb if I never even knew Mauritania existed?[/QUOTE]
You probably know it as Here Be Slaves
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;38025335]sounds like a nice place[/QUOTE]
As long as you're not a female genital, kid, or human, you got nothing to worry about...well, if you're the President you'll have worries but he may be human so I guess that explains that.
[QUOTE=jaykray;38025342]The only reason I know about it is because it is because of this
[video=youtube;fJMEJ0mKaV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMEJ0mKaV0[/video]
(right near the end)[/QUOTE]
Sudan gets the shitty end of the stick
They updated the article.
Now he's been "accidentally" shot? How does a military patrol accidentally fire upon the president's motorcade? Surely they would've been told beforehand that the leader of the country was going to be moving about.
[QUOTE=jaykray;38025342]The only reason I know about it is because it is because of this
[video=youtube;fJMEJ0mKaV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMEJ0mKaV0[/video]
(right near the end)[/QUOTE]
He forgot Ukraine. At first I thought it was because maybe the Soviet Union hadn't fallen yet, but it turns out, it fell 2 years before the first episode of Animaniacs, even.
[QUOTE=Zoran;38036666]He forgot Ukraine. At first I thought it was because maybe the Soviet Union hadn't fallen yet, but it turns out, it fell 2 years before the first episode of Animaniacs, even.[/QUOTE]
"The song misses over 40 nations, not including ones that were created after the song was written."
Am I the only person here who actually knows where Mauritania is?
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