Morocco: Islamist Website Warns Of Security Clampdown

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Morocco's intelligence services are carrying out a major crackdown against suspected Islamic militants

Morocco has also formed squads of tribal leaders and vendors of "moderate" literature and tapes to people outside mosques, a message posted to Islamist websites on Wednesday warned. Headed 'Latest News from Morocco' it tells the "mujahadeen" to be "very careful". "The biggest US secret services operation in Africa has long been stationed in the city of Tangiers," the message says."In Morocco, people are happy to accept religious observance, especially young men and women, who have recently begun to wear the veil. Victory is close at hand if God wills it," the message concludes.

The message, signed by a certain Abu Musab al-Iraqi, is apparently targeted at jihadists abroad who may be planning terrorist attacks in Morocco - a NATO partner country and one of the United States' allies in its war on terror, as well as an exponent of moderate Islam.

Young Moroccans are favourably disposed to radical Islam and al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's jihadist message, according to al-Iraqi. The message is likely to increase Moroccan intelligence services' already heightened state of alert.

Analysts believe Morocco is third on al-Qaeda's list of target countries, after Saudi Arabia and Jordan, according to Moroccan daily al-Alam, which quotes unnamed Moroccan secret service sources.

Since last week's triple hotel bombings in the Jordanian capital, Amman, which killed at least 57 people and injured nearly 100, intelligence services have warned that al-Qaeda operatives in Europe, may reach Morocco via Algeria, and that a senior al-Qaeda member in Belgium may enter the country using a false passport and carry out attacks.

Earlier this month, immediately after the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a number of messages, signed by the Moroccan Armed Islamic group, which threatened the 'apostate' government of Morocco, appeared on Islamist websites.

[NAK__-KKK]

this Al Qaeda is a load of crap ...they use a legitimate message and discredit it by killing civilians and using a stupid strategy ...Al Qaeda is the ennemy of the oppressed masses not theire savore
The al Qaeda job is discrediting Jihad , and because of them legitimate fighters like the chechens have lost any credibility and they are being hunt to distinction ...

[vickyt]

a legitimate message

How so? What of it do you think is legitimate?