RABAT - Morocco said Wednesday it had captured the alleged mastermind of suicide bombers who killed dozens of people in Casablanca this month but said he had died from chronic heart and liver disease.
and truncheons,..oh, and moustachios, can't forget those...
| Ultimately, all forms of death can be ascribed to heart failure. For instance, if someone pounds your liver to a pulp with a truncheon... |
State prosecutor Moulay Abdellah Alaoui Belghiti told state television that Abdelhaq Moulsabbat had been arrested Monday in the central city of Fez, whose poor districts are reputed to be strongholds of radical Islamists.
| That's where they make those hats... |
Moulsabbat died while being taken to hospital, he said. "He (Moulsabbat) suffered chronic heart and liver diseases. His liver weighed 2.1 kilograms (4.6 pounds) against the average 1.4 to 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds)," Belghiti said. "His health condition did not allow investigators unfortunately to complete all the elements of the investigation," he told state television.
Just the initial beatings and some names, aoh, and safe house locations...
He described Moulsabbat as the "general coordinator of the attacks" and "emir" behind the attacks on five central Casablanca locations on May 16 that killed 31 members of the public in addition to 12 suicide bombers. Forensics traced Moulsabbat's woes to some medicines he used to take, Belghiti added.
| "It'sh jush fer medishinal purposhes..." |
Another would-be bomber was caught trying to flee, and a second surviving bomber was arrested the following day. The judicial police in their investigation have been focusing on a small ultra-conservative Islamist group known as al-Assirat al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), based in Casablanca's low-income Sidi Moumen neighborhood and reputed to have followers in other cities including Fez.
| I used to have one of those hats. My wife really hated it. I used to wear it, and talk like Major Hoople. Drove her nuts... |
Belghiti added that another group of suspects would appear later Wednesday before the public prosecutor. Three men charged with direct or indirect involvement in the suicide bombings appeared before the public prosecutor on Monday. Charges against the three include premeditated murder and formation of a criminal band. Their professions were nightwatchman, welder and street vendor, and their ages ranged from 22 to 28. Security forces raided mainly poor areas of several cities in the hunt for suspects or leads that could shed the light on the attacks, which authorities say were linked to international terrorism. Most of the areas are shantytowns, sheltering mainly poorly educated and jobless Moroccans, most of them from rural areas.
Sounds like the Soddys could use some lessons from the Morrocans
| When the cannon fodder leads them to the controllers and recruiters, living in the richer neighborhoods, they could well run into some Soddies. |
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