Morocco dismantles four terror cells this year

13/07/2008

Moroccan security forces have managed to dismantle four terror cells since January and will probably break up another four by the end of the year, Moroccan domestic intelligence chief Abdelhak Bassou said in an interview with the AP on Friday (July 11th). Bassou said an 11-member group arrested in May was preparing attacks in the tourist resorts. Other groups smuggled "some 30 to 50" fighters into Iraq, Bassou said. He added that security forces have dismantled more than 30 terror cells over the past five years. "At this point, it's become near-daily work," the intelligence chief was quoted as saying.

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