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| Al Qaeda presence in Morocco |
| 2007-04-22 |
| Public opinion and security milieus circulate information on intensive work, in-depth inquiries undertaken by security services in Morocco on kamikaze attacks targeting the economic capital of the country. El Khabar moved to Casablanca and stayed in Rabat, the political capital, before to move to Essaïdia in Oujda only tens of metres off Algeria. We took off Houari Boumediene international airport in Algeria towards Casablanca airport in Morocco, just after 24 hours of the second kamikaze attacks shaking Morocco economic capital. We arrived to the Moroccan territories within 1h and 50mn, no exceptional security measures were apparent at the entry to international lines passenger’s reception room at the aftermath of the attacks. After checking our passports, and some questions on our job as journalists, we took the train to Rabat, more precisely in Akdal city, one of the most luxurious cities in the town, with a strong European concentration impenetrable for public protest, thus, not concerned with security measures undertaken at the aftermath of the kamikaze attacks. We noted the same situation in the old city at “Bab El Ahed” market overwhelmed by people. The day after, we had an appointment with a Moroccan friend working in an insurance company. We thought that anxiety still prevailed over Casablanca where explosions took place, precisely near the US consulate headquarters, but no exceptional security measure has been undertaken. As of Casablanca kamikaze bombers Mohamed and Omar Maha, primary investigations unveiled that they are originated from the poor city of Sultan Zenka Beni Mekid, the evidence reveals that a network undertakes the training of new kamikaze on explosion techniques, a fact very well known by Algeria authorities, as they outmanoeuvred a Moroccan terrorist group plans which intended to supply the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, GSPC, and bridge Bouarfa in Morocco and Béchar in Algeria. Then we moved to border areas in a way leading from Oujda to Essaïdia region 10 metres off Algerian territories, where an Algerian border post underway of construction appears at sight from the Moroccan territories. We’ve been told that almost no one bothers about borders logic, we tried to know if it serves and encourages arms smuggling but it proved that the most prosperous smuggling was fuel one. |
| Posted by:Fred |