Final results from Mauritania's electoral commission show former General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz winning more than half of the ballots cast making him president without a second round of voting in which his main political opponents had vowed to unite against him.
VOA: standard.2009.07.19
Many Israeli analysts believe that the two men are capable of winninground more sceptical cabinet colleagues, and that once they have done so the leadership of the Israeli Defence Force will swallow its doubts, salute smartly and get on with an attack.