Morocco, 1 to 8 years in prison for members of the cell Tetouan
The verdict is rendered by the court of Salé, Morocco, in the case of the cell known as Tetouan, she found the accused guilty for recruiting fighters for Iraq.
Morocco continues its fight against terrorism. Prison sentences ranging from 1 to 8 years, the verdict fell in the case of the 29 members of the cell Tetouan, declared guilty of organizing a pipeline of recruiting fighters for Iraq.
This is the conclusion of a trial started on September 14 last, or 9 months after the arrest of some thirty individuals, investigators announced then have to dismantle an international ramifications, the Tetouan cell is linked to 2 Maghreb organizations linked to alleged Al-Qaeda, el Algerian GSPC and the Islamic group of Moroccan fighters, located in Europe, noted that one member of the cell (Moroccan origin) has resided in Sweden and became Swedish nationality. The cell activity was to recruit volunteers for the rampant armed groups in Iraq, or attacks aimed at both the U.S. military, representatives of the Iraqi state and the civilian population, where the charges of Band constitution to criminal terrorist act, and unauthorized public meetings. In the end, be sentenced to 8 years imprisonment against the main accused, others range up to 1 year against 2 accused comparaissaient that free, a sentence midway between the indictment up to 25 years in prison and the release argued by the defense arguing insufficient evidence, lawyers believe already able to indicate a call is initiated. This verdict is pronounced, while the Moroccan Justice examines another case of terrorism, the alleged accomplices of the author of a suicide explosion in March 2007 in Casablanca, a case involving 3 minors among them the young man who was also in Internet cafe in Sidi Moumen, their appeal trial ended on Thursday confirmed prison sentences of 10 to 15 years, the proceedings against adults it will resume next Tuesday, they are prosecuted to 52 titles a variety of complicity, 52 people including several members of the Salafia al jihadia.
