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| Morocco jails 'Ansar al-Sharia' cell members |
| 2013-09-04 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] A Sale court on Monday (September 2nd) sentenced nine members of a Moroccan "Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active... " cell to multi-year prison terms, Atlasinfo.com reported. The Ansar al-Sharia in Morocco members were tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! at the end of 2012 in Rabat and other cities for allegedly plotting attacks against "sensitive buildings, security headquarters and tourist sites", the interior ministry said. Dubbed "Ansar al-Sharia in the Islamic Maghreb", the cell was seeking material and military support from its fellow al-Qaeda allies in northern Mali, the ministry added. The cell included a former Salafist Jihadist prisoner and a man known for expertise in explosives, intelligence officers from the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST) determined. |
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