VZCZCXRO4294
OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK
DE RUEHRB #1504 2201641
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 081641Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4425
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE 3059
RUEHNK/AMEMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT IMMEDIATE 3274
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE 4340
RUEHCL/AMCONSUL CASABLANCA IMMEDIATE 1991

UNCLAS RABAT 001504 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/MAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL MO
SUBJECT: TERRORIST CELL DISMANTLED 
 
 
¶1.  (U)  SUMMARY:  ON AUGUST 7, THE MINISTRY OF THE 
INTERIOR (MOI) ISSUED A COMMUNIQU THAT THE MOROCCAN 
GENERAL TERRITORIAL SECURITY SERVICES (DGST) DISMANTLED A 
TERRORIST CELL COMPRISED OF 44 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE 
PREPARING TO OPERATE IN MOROCCO.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (U)  ACCORDING TO THE MOI, THIS CELL, WAS RUN BY A 
FORMER SALAFIYA JIHADIYA DETAINEE WHO RECRUITED RADICAL 
ISLAMISTS.  HE TRAINED THEM TO MAKE AND USE EXPLOSIVES IN 
THE NADOR AND OUAZZNE (TO THE NORTHEAST) REGIONS, WHERE 
THEY PLANNED TO PROCLAIM JIHAD. 
 
¶3.  (U)  OF THE 44 ARRESTED, 5 WERE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY 
AND HAD EXPERIENCE WITH EXPLOSIVES.  THE MOI STATED THAT 
THOSE ARRESTED ARE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF A TERRORIST NETWORK 
ACTIVE IN CASABLANCA, YOUSSOUFIA (200 KM. SOUTH OF 
CASABLANCA), SIDI YAHYA GHARB (NEAR RABAT), SALE (NEAR 
RABAT), TETOUAN (IN THE NORTH) AND SIDI SLIMANE (NEAR 
TETOUAN).  ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNIQU, THE GROUP PLANNED 
TO FINANCE ITS ACTIVITIES THROUGH BANK ROBBERIES, RAIDS ON 
MONEY TRANSFER MOTORCADES, DONATIONS AND MORTGAGES. 
EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND PROPAGANDA WERE SEIZED IN THE RAID. 
 
RILEY