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Moroccan police break up Islamic State cell planning attacks: Ministry
[AlAhram] Moroccan authorities said on Saturday they had dismantled a cell linked to Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) holy warriors that was active in eight towns and cities and was planning terrorist operations. Eleven people were locked away Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! Security forces detained the alleged criminal mastermind of the cell in a safe house in Fez, where they found guns and a large quantity of bullets, materials for making suicide belts, nails and electric wires, according to a statement from the interior ministry. Police also found chemical products that could be used for making explosives, and a "suspicious car", the statement said. It said one of the suspects was an explosives expert. Those arrested were "planning to carry out dangerous terrorist operations targeting sensitive sites, at the instigation of ISIS (IS) coordinators", it said. Moroccan authorities say they have dismantled dozens of Islamist Death Eater cells since 2002, including about 50 with alleged links to IS. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-15 |
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