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,

[SmithL]

No parole this time!

[Calpernia]

ping

[Jet Jaguar]

Nice shot?

[Brilliant]

Internet Cafe, huh? So it's Al Gore's fault.

[LdSentinal]

He would be alive if AL Gore hadn't invented the Internet.

[Riley]

Does the bouncer get paid for that one?

[lmr]

Darwin nominee.

[Jeff Chandler]

Probably a lone crazy.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

He blew himself up because they would not let him look at terror related web sites? You can't make this stuff up.

[Redcloak]

I wonder if the last thing he Googled was "suicide bomber belt password recovery".

[joonbug]

Literal version of ctrl-alt-del...

[Dog Gone]

before being pardoned in 2005,

Oops

[Redcloak]

A Methodist?

[Night Hides Not]

I wonder if he had just had a triple latte at the nearby Starbucks?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

" the men were probably going to committ a criminal act later....."

DUH! Ya think?

[Cruising Speed]

cracking down on suspected Islamist extremists...

...pardoned in 2005.

Yep, that's cracking down alright.

[Lijahsbubbe]

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

Hmm. Curious about how that whole exchange. How did the owner notice what they were perusing? Did he confront them physically?

[SteveMcKing]

I didn't know that "Internet" is sometimes capitalized.

[Just sayin]

...blew himself up in an Internet cafe...in a Casablanca slum...

That is what I call a high class slum. ;)~

[fedupjohn]

MoveOn.Org hijacked his home page....THE HORROR!!!!