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“Morocco arrests 24 in ‘terrorist network’ crackdown”
(AFP) – 14 hours ago

RABAT —

SNIPPET: “According to the interior ministry, those arrested were also planning to carry out “terrorist acts” inside Morocco, and to that end were preparing to welcome Al-Qaeda specialists to help assemble explosive devices.

In recent weeks, the judicial authorities in Morocco have been dealing with a number of cases involving suspected members of networks described as terrorist operations.

On September 3, 38 people suspected of belonging to a network that recruited Moroccans for Iraq and Algeria appeared before an anti-terrorist court in Sale, the twin city of the capital Rabat.

Members of that alleged network, dismantled in July 2008, came from Tangiers and five other cities in the north and northeast of the North African kingdom.
Police say the suspects intended to join “terrorist groups” in desert camps run by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb before proceeding to Iraq.

On September 2, the court in Sale postponed to early October a hearing into another case involving 43 people charged under anti-terrorist legislation and suspected of links with Al-Qaeda in the Islmaic Maghreb.”