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Morocco arrested 27 suspects on Saturday in connection with suicide bombings that killed 41 people, and President Bush issued a fresh wake-up call to the world that al Qaeda remained a danger. Three French nationals, two Spaniards and an Italian were reported killed in the second major attack within a week on an Arab kingdom with historically close ties to the United States. "The acts perpetrated in Casablanca are the work of blind international terrorism. Morocco is determined to punish terrorist acts without mercy," said Hassan Aourid, a spokesman for Morocco's King Mohammed. A senior government source told Reuters: "Twenty-seven Islamists were arrested in police raids in Casablanca today in connection with the attacks."
"LeGume!"
"Yes, Inspector!"
"Round up the usual suspects!" |
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the apparently coordinated nature threw suspicion on Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. Some attackers made direct raids, but other blasts were triggered by car bombs. "The doorman, poor thing, they cut his head off... with a big knife... then they left one, two bombs," said an official at the Casa de Espana club, popular with Spanish businessmen and diplomats. Spain backed the U.S.-led war on Iraq. "Inside there was.... flesh all over the place," the official said. Club steps were covered with pools of congealed blood.
| Cut the poor guy's head off — that's definitely Islamists. |
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