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But they apparently stopped at an internet café to get instructions from the boss. When a problem arose with the owner of the café, one of them detonated himself, taking with him the group's plans for a larger attack. An update on this story, by Lamine Ghanmi for Reuters:
RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan who was blown up in a Casablanca Internet cafe was part of a gang of suicide bombers who planned to attack landmarks in Morocco's commercial capital, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Abdelfattah Raydi, 23, blew up a belt of explosives he was carrying on Sunday night, killing himself and wounding four people after a tussle with the owner of the Web cafe in a suburb that is home to Casablanca's largest slum.
"Five young men recruited by a man in the area of Hay Mohammedi were ready to carry out suicide bombings in Casablanca," said Annass daily, which is considered to be well-informed on security matters.
Assabah newspaper said the blast was accidental. The real target had been Casablanca's police and paramilitary headquarters, restaurants and hotels, the paper said, citing unnamed security agencies.
A young man, identified by police as Youssef Khoudri and one of the wounded four, attempted to flee the scene of the explosion but was arrested four kilometres (2.5 miles) away. He too was wearing a belt of explosives, sources said.
Security officials questioned Khoudri at his hospital bed but he was too badly hurt to articulate his answers, security sources said. Newspapers printed pictures showing him seriously wounded on the right side of his face, his chest and left hand.
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Late on Monday the governor of the Casablanca region, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi, said the blast was accidental and the bombers "were probably getting ready to commit a criminal act."
Security officials said they were working on the assumption the bombers entered the Internet Cafe to get details online from their chief on where to discharge their bombs.
Al Massaa newspaper quoted high school pupil Mohamed Youbi Benabed, who was in the Internet Cafe when the two suspected bombers were there consulting a Jihadist Web site, as saying:
"The two men begged the Internet cafe owner to let them go but he refused and shut the door to prevent them leaving and began dialing the police number. Suddenly one of the two men blew himself and the door open." Benabed was unharmed.
Assabah said the two men's suspected chief was arrested on Sunday in Settat, outside Casablanca. Al Massaa said it believed the arrested man replaced Saad Houssaini, 38, the suspected chief of the military wing of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (MICG) who was arrested by police last week.
Security officials declined to comment on the newspaper reports due to the sensitivity of the continuing investigation.
Analysts said the chain of events leading up to explosion smacked more of accident than design. "Amateurism was a hallmark of this incident," said Mohamed Tozy, political science professor at Hassan II university in Casablanca.
Posted by Marisol at March 14, 2007 12:04 AM
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......"Amateurism was a hallmark of this incident".....
OK, so how does one become a "professional" suicide bomber?
Posted by: billyoblog![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 14, 2007 12:15 AM
Thank God for amateurism!
I wonder if his latte' was cold. Have you noticed that there is very little professional training for most bombers; just a hatred and rage fomented by an Imam somewhere.
Posted by: guide inside at March 14, 2007 12:31 AM
"amateur" n. A person who engages in an art, science, study, or (suicide bombing)... from the French form of the Latin root of the word meaning a "lover of"
Posted by: alexon at March 14, 2007 12:38 AM
Let's hope they get more names from the punks in order for some follow'up action in the near future.....
Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 14, 2007 5:48 AM
Slightly off-topic: breakings news about Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6448615.stm
Eight killed in southern Thailand
Police inspect dead bodies in Yala - 14/3/07
Several passengers were shot in the head
Eight people have been killed in an attack on a minibus in southern Thailand, police have said.
The incident, which also left one person injured, has been blamed on suspected Muslim insurgents.
The minibus was taking people from the province of Yala to Hat Yai, the south's major city, in the neighbouring province of Songkhla.
About 2,000 people have died in Thailand's restive south since a resurgence of unrest in January 2004.
In contrast with the rest of Thailand, the south is predominantly Islamic, and most of the people living there have more in common with Malays, who live over the border, than with Buddhist Thais.
Thailand's violent south
There are almost daily bombings and shooting attacks targeting representatives of the Thai authorities - police, soldiers, teachers and sometimes ordinary civilians.
Officials blame Muslim insurgents for much of the unrest, although criminal gangs are also thought to be behind some of the attacks.
Wednesday's ambush took place a day after the anniversary of the founding of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), one of the main separatist groups in the region.
Police had warned that insurgents might try to mark the anniversary by launching attacks in the area.
Already this week, a Burmese migrant worker has been beheaded, several schools have been torched and a bomb set off in a morning market.
Posted by: The Northumbrian at March 14, 2007 5:53 AM
"But they apparently stopped at an internet café to get instructions from the boss."'
...apparently the boss was too cheap to furnish them with a easily obtainable disposable cell phone or too lazy just to furnish them with instructions beforehand or to give them a map...(or too cowardly to go with them)...
...or maybe good hired underlings are hard to come by these days...
..accidental or not ...the fools are off to la la land...and good riddance...
..someone should tell the boss that if you want it done right you got to do it yourself....
"Amateurism was a hallmark of this incident,"
....more like another case of Muslim zombies on a mission for a 7th century perverted caravan raider...
Islam is a mental disorder....you do not want these people in your neighborhood...ban Muslim Immigration.
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at March 14, 2007 6:05 AM
Another example of Keystone Jihadists. Is it a personality fault of mine that I find this so funny? It is either laugh or cry. What's the better choice?
Posted by: Pelayo at March 14, 2007 6:27 AM
Connoisseurs for whom mention of this unscripted work accident in Casablanca prompts a cinematic memory may find the scripted "Baghdad: the sequel" at www.newenglishreview.com of interest.
Posted by: Hugh at March 14, 2007 8:18 AM
Hugh-
Would America have the sense to elect such a Western Everyman were one available?
-XRDC
Posted by: XRDC at March 14, 2007 9:47 AM
It just goes to show how hard it is to find competent help these days.
Aaaaaaa... Boss, who was it I was supposed to blow up again?
Posted by: flowerknife_us at March 14, 2007 10:32 AM
and the list continues....ice cream vendors, little girls, potato chips, schools, internet cafes and now landmarks.
Such evil as Islam sees it, potatoes, ice cream and history.
Posted by: Lame Cherry at March 14, 2007 1:23 PM
I am really not a religious or spiritual person in any way but even for me it's plain to see that islam is the work of the devil.
Imagine we were livin in this world without islam! Anything would be possible to achive for all Mankind. Every other problem in the world seems so eminently surmountable compared to the Satanic menace of darkness called islam.
And as surely as there is a devil manifest in islam there must be a God. That's all that must be said on this subject.
Maybe God has sent us this Satan islam to bring us closer in touch with our spiritual sides?
Posted by: Allahfanculo at March 14, 2007 6:15 PM
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