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Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
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A court in Rabat arraigned 12 members of a cell dismantled in December that recruited Moroccans for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The cell, based in Fez, included a man who had been extradited from Algeria in 2005 for trying to join the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
More on Ansar al Sharia in Morocco
Morocco’s interior minister said that an Ansar al Sharia cell in Morocco “was seeking to obtain financial and military support” from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships
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Maghreb countries boost border security
Ansar al Sharia Morocco does not hide ‘sympathy’ for AQIM
According to a Moroccan press report, Ansar al Sharia Morocco does not hide its sympathy for AQIM, uses the same flag as other Ansar al Sharia chapters, and is suspected of recruiting jihadists to fight in Syria.
Morocco
Moroccans Fear That Flickers of Democracy Are Fading
Morocco
A terrorist cell dismantled on Nov. 24 was found to have recruited fighters for Libya as well as for Mali; al Qaeda facilitated the fighters’ travel through the Algerian-Moroccan border to the Sahel region. The influx of Islamist fighters in the Sahel includes Tunisians, Libyans, Europeans, Sudanese, Pakistanis, and a number of Mauritanians, among others.
Morocco
Police broke up an al Qaeda cell that was recruiting fighters and smuggling them across the Algerian border into Mali, where they would join either Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb or the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). One of the arrested men was a Moroccan sent back from Mali to […]
Moroccan government dismantled ‘Ansar al Sharia’ terrorist cell
The Moroccan Interior Ministry announced earlier this month that it had disrupted planned terrorist attacks by an organization calling itself Ansar al Sharia in the Islamic Maghreb. The group allegedly sought the support of al Qaeda’s allies in northern Mali, and reportedly partnered with an unnamed Egyptian from the Sinai.
Morocco
Morocco gives boot to four Swedish ‘reporters’
Morocco
Security forces arrested nine “terrorists” in the Rif mountains who were establishing a training camp and explosives factory. Al Qaeda’s black banner was seized during the raid.
Ennahda
Tunisia Jews: A tiny community hanging on – and cooking
Afghanistan
Muslim militants shifting focus to North Africa: Tunisia leader
United States
US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
Bangladesh
Anti-Islam film protests spread across Middle East
African jihadists killed in fighting in Syria
Jihadists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya have been killed while fighting in Syria for the Al Furqan Battalion, with operates with the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front.
Morocco
Thami Najim, a citizen of Denmark and Morocco, was sentenced to only 10 months in prison on terrorism charges. He and two other suspects were arrested in February for planning terror attacks against the Moroccan state. He is said to be a webmaster and IT provider for the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. Morocco refused to […]
Al Nusrah Front
In Syria, group suspected of al-Qaeda links gaining prominence in war to topple Assad
Morocco
Sahel security threats worry Moroccans
Spain arrests 3 al Qaeda suspects
Spanish authorities announced the arrests of three suspected al Qaeda operatives who had allegedly amassed enough explosives to destroy a bus, or do even more damage.
Webster Commission gets 2004 Madrid train bombings wrong
The 2004 Madrid train bombings were not carried out by “lone actors” with no ties to al Qaeda’s international terrorist network, as an FBI commission recently claimed. The terrorists responsible had extensive ties to al Qaeda.
Morocco
Morocco: Country eyes first Islamic bank
Al Qaeda
Mysterious fatal crash provides rare glimpse of US commandos in Mali
Morocco
Salafi clerics back death threat against Moroccan calling for legalizing sex outside marriage
Morocco
Salafi clerics back death threat against Moroccan calling for legalizing sex outside marriage
Al Qaeda
Analysis: Mali: the world’s next jihadi launchpad?
Morocco
Morocco – Jailed Islamists Stage Hunger Strike, Advocates Say
Morocco
A “terrorist network” active in several cities and linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was broken up, a Moroccan security official said. The leader of the “Mujahideen of Morocco,” who has links to AQIM’s network in other countries, was detained.
Morocco
New Arab order: In Morocco, uproar over marriage law tests Islamist government