Tag Archives: Morocco

Moroccan authorities have dismantled an al Qaeda-linked cell tasked with carrying out assassinations and sabotage acts against security forces and foreign interests. Additionally, the 24-member group planned to recruit Moroccans to send to Islamist hotspots across the globe, including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. Four members of the group have previously served prison sentences for terrorist […]

Six suspected terrorists have been arrested for belonging to a “jihadist” network. The suspects were planning to perpetrate “change through violence” in the Cherifian region. The terrorist group, made up of the six arrested members, was operating in a number of towns in the region.

Fourteen members of a terror group called Fath Al Andalous, or Conquest of the Andalusia, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to 15 years for planning attacks in southern Morocco. The group was in advanced stages of preparation for an attack with the use of chemical weapons on tourist sites in Agadir […]

Security forces arrested 24 members of a “terrorist network” in various cities throughout Morocco. The suspects are alleged to be recruiting volunteers for suicide bombings in Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan, and for terrorist operations in Morocco itself. They are suspected to have connections with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, from whom they intended to […]

Abdelkader Belliraj, a Moroccan-Belgian national accused of leading a terrorist network operating in Europe and Morocco, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for arms trafficking and money laundering. He is among 34 co-defendants sentenced from 30 years in prison to one-year suspended sentences for numerous crimes related to terrorist activities.

Security forces broke up an eight-man cell run by the Salafia Jihadia movement that operated in the towns of Laâyoune, Guelmim, and Boujdour. The eight cell members were planning attacks inside Morocco. They were detained after being watched for months.

A Moroccan court sentenced 43 members of an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb cell to jail terms between two to 20 years. Abdelkrim Makhloufi, the leader of the cell, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A Moroccan court convicted 47 members of a cell involved in the Casablanca internet cafe bombing in March 2007. Four men were acquitted while those convicted received terms from six to 30 years.

Police claimed to have dismantled an al Qaeda-linked terror network operating in several cities in the country. Police detained 15 members of a group called Fath Al Andalous (Conquest of Andalusia, or southern Spain) after they were caught with explosives and electronic equipment used to make bombs. The group had “established operational links with foreign […]

Police arrested 35 members of an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-linked group known as Salafiya Jihadiya. The group recruited more than 30 jihadists and sent them to fight in Iraq, and was also planning terror attacks inside Morocco. Salafiya Jihadiya also has links to terror outfits in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.

Eleven members of an alleged al Qaeda-linked terrorist network were arrested in Morocco this week after plans for attacks in that North African country and in Belgium were uncovered. Investigators said the terror cell was affiliated to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and recruited volunteers to fight in Iraq.

Moroccan authorities are still searching for nine Moroccans convicted for the deadly 2003 Casablanca bombings who pulled off an unprecedented jailbreak on April 7 by digging a tunnel out of their prison in Kenitra, north of Rabat.

Moroccan security forces detained 23 members of a jihadist terror cell planning attacks in northern Africa. Abdel Qader Belaraj, the leader of the cell, was among those captured. The leaders of two political parties are also believed to be members of the terror cell.