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Africa North
Morocco Jails Four Over Syria Jihadists Links
2014-09-26
[AnNahar] Morocco has tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
four men convicted of planning to join the ranks of jihadists fighting to topple the Syrian regime, the official MAP news agency said Thursday.

The defendants received jail sentences of between three and five years, according to the report.

Morocco has frequently reported the arrest of jihadists and expressed deep concern about the number of its citizens fighting in Syria and Iraq and about those who have returned to prepare attacks.

Last week seven Moroccans, detained for recruiting jihadist fighters, were sentenced to between one and four years in prison.

The Al Massae newspaper reported Thursday that security measures had been reinforced at the airport in Casablanca because authorities believed that 45 IS fighters were planning to enter the country.

According to the government, more than 200 Moroccans who joined the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
jihadist group have been tossed in the slammer
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
upon their return home.
Posted by:trailing wife

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