Another country falls victim to the War on Terror

... or the Global War on Whatever the Name is Today...

Mauritanian soldiers have seized control of the state radio and television station and main routes in the capital, Nouakchott. President Taya had been out of the country attending the funeral of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. He took power in a bloodless coup in December 1984 and has been re-elected three times since. Correspondents say he later made enemies among Islamists in the country, which is an Islamic Republic. Critics accuse the government of using the US-led war on terror to crackdown on Islamic opponents.

This coup leader just looks like an evil terrorist bastard.