Members of two terror cells arrested on May 9 said they tried to set up a jihadist camp near Nador for launching attacks on Morocco. The “Attawhid” and “al-Mouahidoun” cells had ties to other extremist groups in Mali, Belgium, and Spain, including the coastal enclave of Melilla. The cells also planned schools, and recruited fighters for jihad against Morocco. Over the past 10 years, Moroccan security services have dismantled some 130 terrorist cells, and prevented 266 attacks on “security facilities, tourism sites, foreign diplomatic missions, synagogues and churches.” Between 2005 and 2008, security services dismantled some 15 terrorist cells in Morocco.
