Breaking news: Explosions reported in Casablanca-Morocco Says at Least 20 Dead in Car Bombs Attacks

http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | 5/16/2003 | Foxnews

[Normal4me]

RABAT (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed in four bomb attacks -- three of them car bombs -- in Morocco's commercial capital Casablanca on Friday night, the official MAP news agency said.

The car bomb attacks targeted the Belgian consulate, a Jewish community center and the Hotel Safir, located in the old heart of the city center.

[ChadGore]

Are we going to freak out every time some kid sets off an M80 ?

[Dog]

fyi...

[martin_fierro]

"Of all the hotels in all the world, she had to bomb mine."

[Heartlander2]

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2761031

Several Blasts Heard in Moroccan City of Casablanca

Fri May 16, 2003 07:18 PM ET

RABAT (Reuters) - Several blasts were heard on Friday night in the Moroccan business capital of Casablanca, security sources said.

"We're not sure yet of the location of the blasts," a senior security source told Reuters by phone from Casablanca.

A resident said one blast was around the Hotel Sophia located in the Arab heart of the city center. There was no immediate report of casualties.

[tubebender]

Ricks Cafe ???

[Normal4me]

Well, I guess Reuters thought it was worthty enough to put out over the wires.

[StriperSniper]

Foxnews reporting

Did I hear him say he got that from Reuters?

[wimpycat]

LOL!

Not that this is funny, mind you. But I was secretly wondering when the first Casablanca quote would surface.

For all you geographically challenged folks, Casablanca is in Morocco...I'm pretty sure.

[aristeides]

WMAL: explosions at U.S. and Belgian embassies in Morocco. Belgian?

[doosee]

Round up all the usual suspects..

[Dog]

What???

[Dog]

CNN just reported 4 explosions...

[Revolting cat!]

"I'm shocked! Shocked!"

[Heartlander2]

90 minutes old. 4 car bombs ripped through downtown - several dead; no count on dead/injured yet. As per CNN.

[Normal4me]

I think they all get their breaking news via Reuters or AP?

[cmsgop]

Thanks for update

[JimVT]

Somebody musta asked oSAMa to play it again!

Sorry, I couldn't help myself

[Bobby777]

Morocco

I've been wondering when Morocco would enter the news ... awfully close to Algeria where Islamic terrorism was rampant in the mid- to late-1990's ... aye carumba ...

[TLBSHOW]

Could this be the religion of peace again?

[aristeides]

Several blasts in Moroccan city of Casablanca.

[stlnative]

Jewish Night Club - 4 Car Bombs - Several Dead

[StriperSniper]

Probably a whole lot more than that. Any decent trading desk has those, plus Bloomberg and Dow Jones wire services. So in a media control room, I would imagine they would also have AFP, and who knows what else.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Very funny! :)

[WellsFargo94]

LOL! Seriously though, Bush has done an excellent job of that so far.

[Normal4me]

"Frankly my dear....."LOL Guess this is happy hour 'round here. Oh well, maybe some new F'ING Laci news will pop up shortly!! This terrorist BS was getting old anyways.

[Dog]

Source??

[Bobby777]

Jewish Night Club - 4 Car Bombs - Several Dead

oh no ... surely not the "religion of peace" at it again ... sheesh ...

[aristeides]

A few Saudi men, with their Moroccan wives, were arrested in Morocco several months back on suspicion of being Al Qaeda. I never heard what they were doing in Morocco in the first place, or what happened to them.

[Dog]

I remember that..

[stlnative]

CNN Headline News

[cookcounty]

This is so sad. Morrocco has a well-deserved reputation as the most laid-back and least radicalized of the Arab countries. Unfortunately, the Wahabbhis have been very busy there, of late. My wife is from Morrocco.

[Dog]

Here it is.....

Wives arrested in terror plot..

[section9]

Probably our old friends from Algerian Islamic Jihad.

This outfit is a Qaeda ally. Some of their people have been to Afghanistan.

Hit 'em where they ain't. Go next door and pick on poor, old Berber Morroco.

Hmmm, again, car bombings. Not too impressive, unless you happen to be in the immediate vicinity, of course. However, Qaeda may be operating out of divided counsel. It is not like them to conduct daily bombings. That makes them like any run-of-the-mill Pallie bomber outfit (who, I might add, are looked on with derision and contempt by the professionals at Al Qaeda, much like a Mafia "made guy" looks at a new kid right out of the county lockup), and that would be an extreme climb down for Bin Laden and his group.

These guys specialize in operations that kill hundreds of people at the minimum and take a year, at least, to plan. There is something wrong with this picture.

I can see the Saudi thing being AQ. That has the look and feel of an AQ operating on limited resources and personnel. The Morrocco thing? I'm not so sure it's not some Algerians or local jihadi who decided that they wanted to get in on the act to show the rest of the Arabs that they have big penises, too.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[stlnative]

Reuters reporting the same a MSN News

[Bobby777]

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mo.html

[aristeides]

Thanks. Casablanca, notice.

[Hildy]

Captain Louis Renault: What on earth brought you to Casablanca?
Rick Blaine: My health ... I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Louis Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick Blaine: I was misinformed.

Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick Blaine: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Louis Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?
Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

[Husker24]

Why isnt this in Breaking News?

[aristeides]

Comments?

ABC report confirms: Jewish club one of targets. 4 simultaneous carbombs. AQ signature.

[Dog]

I agree with Chris....AQ doesn't do a bombing a day......this sounds like someone who wants to make a name for themselves..

[Heartlander2]

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6449025%255E1702,00.html

Seven bomb blasts rock Casablanca

17may03
The Courier Mail

SEVERAL people were killed in at least seven bomb blasts in Casablanca today, one of which targeted a Jewish club in the town, witnesses said.

One of the bombs hit the Israelite Alliance Circle club, leaving many dead, the witnesses said.

At least six other bombs explosed in the town, Morocco's economic capital some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Rabat.

Among the other targets hit was a Hispanic centre and a restaurant district.

The blasts caused substantial damage, sources said.

[stlnative]

All news sources online are reporting the same story from Reuters so far.

[aristeides]

Back a few months ago, we had the Bali bombing, and the attack on that French tanker off Yemen, and the attempt to shoot down a plane in East Africa, all within a few days of each other.

[Howlin]

Can you tell me how many there have been in the last week or so in total?

[Dog]

SEVEN BOMB BLASTS??

[stlnative]

well except for the one in post #43

[aristeides]

Sorry, I don't think I can. Maybe somebody else on this thread knows.

[Billy_bob_bob]

More like the religion of pieces. One piece over here, one piece over there....