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FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5832
INFO RUEHCL/AMCONSUL CASABLANCA PRIORITY 2667

UNCLAS RABAT 000289 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PGOV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET, 
TANGIER TERROR PLOT EXPOSED 
 
 
¶1. According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister 
Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma, 
Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif 
Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met 
over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a 
"national anti-terrorism plan" at the National Police Academy 
in Kenitra, 50 km north of Rabat. 
 
¶2. According to the reports, Benmoussa discussed the arrest 
of a terrorist cell in Tangier which was planning to 
perpetrate terrorist acts in the city.  Among the reported 
targets were two hotels, a major shopping center and key 
local officials.  Himma called for vigilance on the part of 
all security officials and warned that Morocco is facing a 
serious terrorist threat.  A separate report said the targets 
included Tangier's Jewish community, and stated that "huge 
quantities of weapons and explosives were seized." 
 
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