Man Blows Himself Up in Internet Cafe (Pardoned Terrorist Suspect)

AP via SFGate ^ | 3/12/7 | JOHN THORNE

[SmithL]

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- A man with explosives hidden on his body blew himself up in an Internet cafe after the owners prevented him from looking at terror Web sites, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

The man was killed and four people were injured in the Sunday night blast in a Casablanca slum, said ministry spokesman Abderrahman Achour. One of the wounded was the dead man's companion, who was hospitalized with burns and a throat injury.

Both men were carrying explosives. But officials believe the cybercafe may not have been their target and that the explosion was an accident, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi, the general affairs director for Casablanca province, was quoted by the MAP state news agency as saying.

The men were "probably preparing to commit a criminal act" later, Kacemi said.

Moroccan police have been cracking down on suspected Islamist extremists since suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003 killed 45 people and woke the North African kingdom to the threat of Islamic terrorism.

The dead man was identified as Abdelftah Raidi, who was convicted of suspected terror links and sentenced to five years in prison before being pardoned in 2005,

[festus]

Blowed hisself with concealed explosives on his body for not being allowed to look at internet terrorist sites.

Can you imagine what he might have done to them if they'd stopped him from lookin at pornography instead ?

[JB in Whitefish]

"The dead man was identified as Abdelftah Raidi, who was convicted of suspected terror links and sentenced to five years in prison before being pardoned in 2005,"

words escape me....

[Enchante]

"The dead man was identified as Abdelftah Raidi, who was convicted of suspected terror links and sentenced to five years in prison before being pardoned in 2005

One of the continuing grave weaknesses of combatting terrorism in just about every country concerned is the absurdly weak legal/judicial response to the scumbags when they are caught. This guy should have been in jail for a minimum of 30 years just for any "links" to terror groups..... instead he gets a minimal sentence, then gets a "pardon"..... then is out on the streets to blow up this cafe. We can't catch all of these scumbags fast enough, but surely the ones we do catch can be kept locked away (I'd execute them all, but the weasels of the world won't allow it).

[sgtbono2002]

Rick's Internet cafe'

Delete it again Sam.

[Moose4]

"Fine then, Abdul, I don't NEED to look at the infidel websites on Satan's Internet, inshallah! The Prophet, pieces be unto him, gave unto me a wondrous vision of Sheik Red Wire and Sheik Green Wire shaking hands and causing terror among the Zionist pig-dogs! And I must do this, in Allah's name!"

}:-)4

[IslandJeff]

Does this mean fewer spams about getting money out of Africa?

[NCC-1701]

I wonder what set him off.

[Democratshavenobrains]

I am shocked...shocked to discover terrorism here!

[citizencon]

I'm surprised AP didn't connect this with the war in Iraq...

[citizencon]

I'm surprised AP didn't connect this with the war in Iraq...

[TADSLOS]

I wonder what set him off.

I'd say about a pound of TATP.

[DeFault User]

He must have suddenly discovered that Vista did not interface properly with his explosive device.

[BJClinton]

A man with explosives hidden on his body blew himself up in an Internet cafe...convicted of suspected terror links and sentenced to five years in prison before being pardoned in 2005

I wonder if the folks who bitch about Gitmo understand the correlation here.

[ApplegateRanch]

They probably demanded [or tried to browbeat or bribe] him into unblocking prohibited sites, so they could read them.

[Bringbackthedraft]

"One of the wounded was the dead man's companion," ......I believe this case is sol-ved, he was giving his friend a demonstration.

[MarkL]

Good going, AP!

A man with explosives hidden on his body blew himself up in an Internet cafe

Both men were carrying explosives.

The men were "probably preparing to commit a criminal act" later, Kacemi said.

Gee, ya think?

Mark

[mikrofon]

"Round up the usual suspects..."

[mtg]

Of all the Internet cafes in all the world, he walks into mine.

[jagrmeister]

Sounds like he read enough of the terror websites before they kicked him out. LOL!

[Mikey_1962]

So... does he get the virgins or not?