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Moroccan Authorities Arrest 35 On Suspicion Of Operating Terrorist Recruitment Network

Thirty-five people have been arrested in Morocco on suspicion of operating a terrorist recruitment network for branches of Al-Qaeda in Algeria and Iraq.

Security sources said that the network had already sent 30 terrorists to Iraq to carry out suicide bombings, and had planned attacks for inside Morocco.

Source: Maghreb Arabe Presse, Morocco, July 2, 2008

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