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Morocco captures two foreign-led Al Qaida cells CAIRO - Morocco has reported the dismantling of two Al Qaida cells. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said two cells linked to Al Qaida have been captured. The ministry said the cells were composed of four and five members, respectively, and led from abroad. "As part of sustained efforts made to fight terrorism, the security services recently dismantled two terrorist cells, composed of four and five members respectively, including a Yemeni national closely linked to Al Qaida organization and wanted by his country, as well as two former convicts who were sentenced on terror charges," an Interior Ministry statement said. The statement, released on Oct. 29, identified the first cell as the Sahrawi Jihad Front. The ministry said the group, led by a former resident of Italy, was planning insurgency attacks to advance the interests of the Algerian-backed Polisario movement in Western Sahara. "Investigations revealed that the first cell, dubbed the Sahrawi Jihad Front, led by an extremist, former Italian resident and pro-Polisario, was planning to commit terrorist acts," the ministry said. This marked the third time over the last two months that Morocco has announced the capture of an Al Qaida cell. So far, the North African kingdom has not reported any attacks by the Islamic insurgency network. The second dismantled Al Qaida cell was identified as recruiting Moroccans for the war in Iraq. The ministry said the cell was in "coordination with Al Qaida networks." "The members of the terrorist cells will be brought before justice after the completion of investigations under way, under the supervision of the public prosecutor's office, in conformity with provisions and procedures in force and legal guarantees," the official Moroccan news agency, MAP, said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
