Morocco (catch all)

[Stan]

Moderator's Note

This thread was called 'Morocco breaks up al-Qaeda recruiting' until the 19th May 2014 and was renamed 'Morocco (catch all)'. The catalyst being a new film and article see new Post 4. There is a small, seperate thread on the disputed territory of Western Sahara (ex-Spanish Sahara) at:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=3157 (ends).


Looks like our staunch US ally has been busy since the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003

Moroccan security forces broke up a network helping to recruit fighters for al-Qaeda's North African branch and arrested around 20 people overnight in several towns across the country, a government official says.

The gang was involved in sending volunteers to training camps run by the Algerian-based al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), the official said, confirming an earlier report by state news agency MAP.