Justin_stacy
11/23/05, 01:11 AM
Morocco arrests 17 in crackdown on terror
Rabat : Moroccan police have dismantled a terrorist network, arresting 17 people, including two former prisoners at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
According to the official MAP news agency, at least some of the suspects were linked to Al Qaida in Iraq.
Brahim Benchekroun and Mohammad Mazouz - among five Moroccans freed from Guantanamo Bay in August 2004 - were among the suspects, the news agency said on Sunday.
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=193926
Morocco police dismantle network of terror
Arrested pair had been at Guantanamo
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Moroccan police have dismantled a terrorist network, arresting 17 people, including two former prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the official MAP news agency reported. At least some of the suspects were linked to Al-Qaeda "The 17 members involved in this project have been arrested and will face prosecution," the news agency said quoting a police source.
The agency said two Moroccans who had been held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Ibrahim Benchekroun and Mohammad Maazouz, were among the recruits.
Arrested in Pakistan and Afghanistan in late 2001, they were among five Moroccans accused of taking training courses in how to handle firearms and make explosives.
Turned over to Moroccan authorities in August 2004, after two years and eight months in the U.S. detention camp, the five were given provisional freedom. The five all face trial
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20220
Rabat : Moroccan police have dismantled a terrorist network, arresting 17 people, including two former prisoners at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
According to the official MAP news agency, at least some of the suspects were linked to Al Qaida in Iraq.
Brahim Benchekroun and Mohammad Mazouz - among five Moroccans freed from Guantanamo Bay in August 2004 - were among the suspects, the news agency said on Sunday.
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=193926
Morocco police dismantle network of terror
Arrested pair had been at Guantanamo
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Moroccan police have dismantled a terrorist network, arresting 17 people, including two former prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the official MAP news agency reported. At least some of the suspects were linked to Al-Qaeda "The 17 members involved in this project have been arrested and will face prosecution," the news agency said quoting a police source.
The agency said two Moroccans who had been held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Ibrahim Benchekroun and Mohammad Maazouz, were among the recruits.
Arrested in Pakistan and Afghanistan in late 2001, they were among five Moroccans accused of taking training courses in how to handle firearms and make explosives.
Turned over to Moroccan authorities in August 2004, after two years and eight months in the U.S. detention camp, the five were given provisional freedom. The five all face trial
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20220