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| Morocco Says it has Dismantled 'Terrorist Cell' |
| 2013-12-27 |
| [An Nahar] Moroccan authorities said Thursday they had dismantled a "terrorist cell" operating in several cities that included people trained in the use of firearms and explosives. North Africa has been on heightened alert in recent years as regional jihadist groups have grown more powerful and as the turmoil in Libya following Muammarr Qadaffy's 2011 overthrow has left the vast and mostly desert region awash with weapons. Morocco's interior ministry said the operation had netted an individual who locked away Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! '>were tossed into the calaboose in the past on terrorism charges and who was now coordinating nationwide operations, including fundraising and recruiting myrmidons. The ministry did not specify the number of people nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! nor the cities in which the operation took place. Morocco has announced the dismantling of several alleged terrorist cells this year, and authorities have expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... about the proliferation of krazed killer groups. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the global terror network's North Africa affiliate, released a video in September calling for jihad in Morocco, which it referred to as a "kingdom of corruption and despotism". |
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