Ministry of the Interior: New dismantling of two “terrorist” cells

The Moroccan authorities reported on Sunday the dismantling of two new cells “steeped in terrorist ideology” in the Nador region.According to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior, these two cells were active in this area under the names “Al Mouahidine” and “Attaouhid”.Their members—the number of whom is not specified—had notably carried out a series of thefts in the name of jihad (istihlal) and were in contact with radicals operating in northern Mali, the same source reports.These members, among whom were “two former prisoners under the anti-terrorism law,” had “also forged links with extremist circles outside the national territory,” it is indicated.They were arrested following an operation by the National Brigade of Judicial Police (BNPJ) and are currently being interrogated, according to the Ministry of the Interior.In January, Mohand Laenser's department had described the p…