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Minister of Public Affairs Khalid Naciri said that al Qaeda was among several suspects in yesterday’s suicide attack that killed 15 people at a cafe in Marrakesh. Ten foreigners were among those killed.

Fifteen people, including six Frenchmen and four foreigners, were killed in a bombing at a cafe in Marrakesh. Two witnesses claimed it was a suicide bombing.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Rabat, Marrakech, and Casablanca to demand that the King devolve powers. Unlike protests in other Muslim countries, the demonstrations in Morocco have been peaceful.

The government may prosecute five border guards for aiding al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The guards are accused of helping smuggle weapons to a 27-man-strong AQIM cell whose members were recently detained.

Moroccan security forces arrested 27 people accused of plotting to attack security forces and rob banks. The men belonged to a “terrorist cell” commanded by an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb operative tasked with setting up a base in the Western Sahara.

Police arrested six members of a terror cell who have expertise in manufacturing explosives and were plotting to carry out car bombings and other attacks. The cell is thought to be targeting Moroccan security forces and other targets in the country and abroad.

Security forces dismantled two al Qaeda-linked cells. One cell recruited jihadis to fight in Iraq, and the other, the Front of the Saharawi Jihad, plotted terrorist attacks in support of independence for Western Sahara.

Police busted an international drug trafficking ring with links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The ring had a base in Mali and was connected to Latin American cartels. Six people, including two Spaniards, were arrested.

Authorities dismantled an 18-member jihadist cell that “was preparing to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage within national territory and against foreign interests in Morocco.” Three members have already served sentences for terrorist involvement. Authorities would not clarify the location of the arrests nor the specific targets of the cell.

Moroccan authorities have dismantled a terror cell planning attacks in the country. The 11-member group was led by a Palestinian, who will appear in court in the capital, Rabat. The cell’s planned attacks and identify of it’s members remain unknown. The Interior ministry declared them Takfiri Jihadists.

Moroccan authorities have identified a Moroccan-born French national as being the leader of an al Qaeda-linked cell that was dismantled in Casablanca, Berrechid, and Kenitra. The French national, identified as Ahmed Sahnouni, is suspected of leading the cell from France. Authorities previously named Youssef Toubaie, a Moroccan national, as leader of the group after the […]