| [Maghrebia] The trial of five men accused of financing the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) began Monday (June 14th) in Paris, AFP reported. Hassan Baouchi, Fred Gustave, Abdelnasser Benyoussef and brothers Zinedine and Djamel Khalid are charged with ATM heists in 2004 that netted one million euros for the Islamist group allegedly behind the 2003 Casablanca attacks. Baouchi, a former Brinks security worker, claimed that he was held hostage during the robberies. Alleged heist mastermind Benyoucef, 37, fled to Algeria in 2004 and was tried in absentia. |