AQIM Said To Be Behind Plans For Terrorist Attacks

January 05 2011

Morocco

Moroccan security forces say they have arrested 27 suspected terrorists who were planning domestic attacks, Agence France-Presse reports.

The leader of the network was said to be a Moroccan national and member of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The terrorist group reportedly assigned him with setting up a "rear base" in Morocco, said the Interior Ministry on Tuesday.

The suspects were accused of planning to attack security services and rob banks using a cache of...

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