Oil rich Mauritania: Coup against the US and Israel?

In the Arab world - apart from Jordan and Egypt - Mauritania was the third country which under US neocon pressure opened up diplomatic ties with Israel, ('Holocausting' the Palestinians doesn't matter?) - a deed unheard of in real muslim states with which the 100% Muslim population didn't agree. According to the Israeli information paper Ha'aretz, in a comment on the coup in 2003: 'recognizing Israel as a state by Ould Taya was one of the main reasons for the coup.' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7kcl6