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26 Mar 2012
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Morocco's tribute to one of its sons
First of all, it should be recalled that the King of Morocco, as is traditional in the monarchy, decided to personally cover all the costs of repatriation and burial of the French paratrooper of Moroccan origin, the late Imad ibn Ziaten, killed in Toulouse by a French terrorist of Algerian origin.On 23 March 2012, the Muslims of the Normandy region (north-west of Paris) paid a final tribute to his memory in a mosque near Rouen, the deceased's hometown.A military ceremony then took place on 24 March in the late afternoon at Orly airport, in the Paris region, before the transfer to Morocco of the remains of Staff Sergeant Imad Ibn Ziaten.In M'diq, a city in northern Morocco, several thousand people followed the coffin of Imad Ibn Ziaten on 25 March 2012, carried by French and Moroccan soldiers.Present on the French side were the French Secretary of State for Defence in charge of Veterans,…
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