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| Morocco braces for Islamic State threat |
| 2014-07-16 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Morocco is tightening security measures in response to a "serious terrorist threat" from the group formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Interior Minister Mohammed Hassad on Thursday (July 10th) said there was an elevated risk of "a terrorist attack against the kingdom because of the growing number of Moroccans belonging to murderous Moslem organizations in Syria and Iraq". "The leaders of the Moroccan fighters in Syria and Iraq are making no secret of their intention to carry out a terrorist plot against Morocco, and they also aim to give support to other terrorist movements active in the Sahel," Hassad told a cabinet meeting in Rabat. |
| Posted by:Fred |