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| 2006-04-07 |
| In coordination with the Rabat court of appeal public prosecution office, the national judiciary police brigade this week circulated a search warrant to catch an Algerian national called Amer Laarej. The latter is a member of the Algerian Salafia group for call and combat and is linked to a terrorist cell that has been dismantled by the Moroccan security services. Among the members of this cell figure a Tunisian national called Mohamed Ben Hedi Msahel and three Moroccans living in Italy and in France, who, according to the Moroccan police, have made plans to carry out terrorist attacks in Italy, France and Morocco. Various border police stations have received photographs and information concerning the Algerian national who is wanted by the Moroccan police. This Algerian is known by aliases such as Ali El Jazairi and Slim El Ouahrani; he moves about with a false identity and, according to information received by the Moroccan national judiciary police, he lives in Italy and has links with members of Al-Qa'idah organization, with the Algerian Salafia group for call and combat and with the coordinator of Bin-Ladin's organization in Europe, a man known as Abu Hamza El Jazairi. He entered Morocco last February and infiltrated into Algeria from Morocco twice. According to investigations carried out in Rabat, the Algerian Amer Laarej, whose photograph was found in the car of the Tunisian man currently under arrest, in the framework of this case, had a meeting with three Moroccans nationals in a cafe in Sale and he revealed to them the existence of a coordinated action between the Algerian group for call and combat and illegal emigration networks to facilitate the infiltration of members of terrorist cells from Morocco into Algeria. In this context, a suspect under arrest in Rabat admitted that Amer Laarej had infiltrated into Algeria for the first time with the help of a network specialized in illegal emigration and, for a fee, the latter took him to Maghnia, then to Oran then to a camp controlled by the Salafia group for call and combat. Likewise, investigations conducted in Morocco with nine suspects revealed that the latter had made plans to attack the American Embassy in Rabat with explosives acquired by Amer Laarej alias Ali El Jazairi. The plan was for the explosives to be placed in a tunnel dug under the American Embassy, a feat that would have been strongly echoed and would have had powerful repercussions worldwide. With regard to the acts of terrorism planned for by the Tunisian, the Algerian and the Moroccan national Anwar Mijrar in Europe, the Tunisian said, during police investigations in Rabat, that they included the blowing up of the headquarters of the French secret service, a restaurant and a cafe frequented by French Intelligence officers, the underground train line no. 14, the Francois Mitterrand library and La Defence trade centre in Paris. As for Italy, the terrorist cell led by the Tunisian national in question had planned to blow up the Bologna cathedral because, it is alleged, it contains caricatures that are disparaging about the Messenger of God, may the prayers and peace of God be upon him. The same terrorist cell also planned to carry out acts of terrorism in Denmark. The Tunisian man had charged the Algerian Amer Taarej with the task of making the explosives. Eight Moroccan nationals are on trial in the framework of this terrorism-related case, namely Abdelghani A, Abdelfattah H, Abdelhak T, Lahsene M, Adel G, A.K, Mohamed H and Said F. It is worth noting that Amer Laarej, together with the Tunisian national, infiltrated into Algeria last February and there they met a commander of the Algerian Armed Group, who handed them a letter meant to be delivered by the Tunisian, Msahel, to the commander of Al-Qa'idah organization in Europe, a man known by his alias: Abu Hamza El Jazairi. The letter makes it clear that Bin-Ladin approves of the terrorist operations planned to be carried out in Italy, in the other European countries and in Morocco. The Algerian national now wanted by the Moroccan police read the above-mentioned letter and burned it in Algeria, but it was re-written by the Tunisian national during his interrogation by the Moroccan police. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Suddenly, I got nothin' to say. |
| Posted by: Yusef Islam 2006-04-07 05:00 |
| #8 Dan, Vulgar can be good! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-04-07 21:26 |
| #7 http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/italian_berlusconi_eats_snot.html |
| Posted by: Ulang Spereger4318 2006-04-07 13:33 |
| #6 Oh yes, the "Vote |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-07 09:34 |
| #5 The bombings in Madrid were known by the Socialists beforehand. I wish Spain has the balls to investigate that. The whole thing was a setup to get rid of Aznar. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-04-07 09:12 |
| #4 Oh my, I meant "cunning," not "cunny," which I believe may in fact be vulgar. Okay, I'm going to bed now ... |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-04-07 03:23 |
| #3 Completely agree Dan. A lot of them are smart and from their perspective fully justified in doing what they are doing. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-04-07 03:21 |
| #2 Well, as I noted here, the Bad Guys were remarkably up front about what they were planning to do for those who were taking them seriously: Therefore we say that to force the Spanish government to withdraw from Iraq the resistance has to measured by painful strikes against their forces and accompanying this a informative campaign clarifying the truth of the situation inside Iraq, and we must absolutely gain from the approaching date of general elections in Spain in the third month of the coming year. We believe that the Spanish government will not endure two or three attacks as a maximum limit because it will be forced to withdraw afterwards due to the popular pressure on it, for if its forces remain after these strikes it is almost certain the Socialist forces will win the elections, as one of the main goals of the Socialist party will be the withdrawal of the Spanish troops . . . the dominoes will fall quickly, although the basic problem will remain of toppling the first piece. -Iraq al-Jihad, circa August 2003 There's an assumption in certain quarters that just because these people are crazy that they're also stupid. While a lot of them are, there's also some very cunny malevolence at work among al-Qaeda's deep thinkers. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-04-07 03:16 |
| #1 I recall the discussions after the Madrid bombimbs and how the weak on WoT Socialists won when before the bombings Aznar was a shoo-in. Some of us predicted there would be pre-election terror attacks for years to come. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-04-07 03:04 |