Monday, December 05, 2005

Arrests in Morocco Highlight the Expanding Jihadi Nexus / Terrorism focus, Vol 2 No. 22, 29 Nov 2005

http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369838
Stephen Ulph
"A wave of arrests that took place in early November in Morocco is illuminating for two reasons: the expansion of al-Zarqawi's influence outside Iraq, and the interconnection between jihadist activities on both shores of the Mediterranean. The series of arrests, beginning on November 11 in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca, has netted 17 Islamists suspected of links to al-Qaeda. Official sources claim that they have 'dismantled a terrorist structure as it was being formed.' "