Tomorrow, October 16, the trial of suspected members of the terror cell of Abdelkader Belliraj is expected to begin in Morocco.
The suspects – among them Islamist party chairmen, a member of the Party of Justice and Development, an emissary from Hizbullah's Al-Manar television, and Belliraj himself – are accused of planning to assassinate senior government officials and to strike Jewish targets.
There are reports that Belliraj, a Moroccan-Belgian citizen, met with Ayman Al-Zawahiri in 2001 to receive operating instructions, but the same reports also say that at that time Belliraj was also a Belgian intelligence agent.
Source: Elaph.com, October 15, 2008
