A Frenchman on trial over the Casablanca suicide bombings has worked for French intelligence, he has claimed at his trial in Morocco. Pierre Robert told the court he had been paid to infiltrate Muslim groups. Mr Robert and 33 other people are charged with murder, conspiracy and possessing arms and explosives. The Casablanca attacks, involving around 12 suicide bombers, killed 33 other people.
Maybe the groups he infiltrated managed to turn him..?
Mr Robert, 31, said a French secret service agent known as "Mr Luc" first approached him to recruit him five years ago, and paid him for his services. "I was contacted at the time of the (football) World Cup in 1998 by the DST to conduct inquiries into Algerian Islamist networks in France, and I did that," Mr Robert told the court in Rabat. After successfully completing the mission, Mr Robert was asked by Mr Luc to investigate "Islamist activities in Belgium" — which he also carried out. A French Interior Ministry official has insisted that the department had "never had contact with this person."
| "In the event you are captured or killed, Mr. Phelps, the Agency will disclaim any knowledge of you..." |
Robert, who faces the death penalty if found guilty, also implied in court that he had been sexually assaulted during his detention in Morocco. |