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Moroccan Security Source: Arrested Terror Cell Planned To Strike U.N. Forces

A Moroccan security source has said that the Fath Al-Andalus terror cell whose members were recently arrested (see "Another Terror Cell Exposed In Morocco") had planned to strike U.N. forces in the city of Laayoune in the Western Sahara, and to carry out attacks in Marrakesh and Agadir.

According to reports, the cell had been in contact with Al-Qaeda and had already conducted tests with bomb materials.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, September 3, 2008

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