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Two die in Morocco police raid
A policeman and a suspect have died during a Moroccan police raid on Islamic militants. Sorry to hear about the cop. Also sorry only one suspect died. Four police officers were injured when police moved into two villages near the town of Meknes in an operation which resulted in the arrest of 35 people. The Moroccan authorities have been on the hunt for Islamic fundamentalists since five bomb blasts killed 45 people last May in Casablanca. The raid is reported to have uncovered explosives and forgery equipment. Canât be a islamo fundi without explosives and phoney papers. Security forces raided what they believed was a cell of Salafiya Jihadia - the Islamic extremist group accused of carrying out the Casablanca attacks. Meknes, some 100 kilometres from the capital, Rabat, is known to be the home of several radical Islamic groups. The BBCâs Pascale Harter in Morocco says the government is pursuing a two-pronged approach to rid the country of the terror threat. On the one hand they are cracking down on Islamic fundamentalists and on the other they are building housing to replace the shanty towns that plague Moroccan cities and are viewed as the breeding ground of suicide bombers. I guess urban renewal is good, but I havenât seen any proof that a nice house keeps you from blowing people up. Posted by: Steve 2004-01-27 |
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