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Man Blows Himself Up in Internet Cafe (Pardoned Terrorist Suspect)
AP via SFGate ^ | 3/12/7 | JOHN THORNE

Posted on 03/12/2007 4:43:30 PM PDT by SmithL

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- A man with explosives hidden on his body blew himself up in an Internet cafe after the owners prevented him from looking at terror Web sites, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

The man was killed and four people were injured in the Sunday night blast in a Casablanca slum, said ministry spokesman Abderrahman Achour. One of the wounded was the dead man's companion, who was hospitalized with burns and a throat injury.

Both men were carrying explosives. But officials believe the cybercafe may not have been their target and that the explosion was an accident, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi, the general affairs director for Casablanca province, was quoted by the MAP state news agency as saying.

The men were "probably preparing to commit a criminal act" later, Kacemi said.

Moroccan police have been cracking down on suspected Islamist extremists since suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003 killed 45 people and woke the North African kingdom to the threat of Islamic terrorism.

The dead man was identified as Abdelftah Raidi, who was convicted of suspected terror links and sentenced to five years in prison before being pardoned in 2005,

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TOPICS: Extended News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2005; 20070311; casablanca; catchandrelease; cybercafe; morocco; pardoned; prematureimmolation; ropma
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To: SmithL

"The Germans wore gray, you wore bombs."


41 posted on 03/12/2007 6:43:41 PM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
" the men were probably going to committ a criminal act later....." DUH! Ya think?

Well, maybe he was wearing the explosives as insulation against a chilly evening.

42 posted on 03/12/2007 7:01:20 PM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: highlander_UW

Or to impress some Burka girl.


43 posted on 03/12/2007 7:08:08 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in New Orleans and Philly!)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
......I believe this case is sol-ved, he was giving his friend a demonstration.

OK Achmed, I will only show you this once.....

44 posted on 03/12/2007 7:08:51 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: SmithL

Needs ro be mailed to amnesty international--pardons for terrorists=death and destruction of innocents.


45 posted on 03/12/2007 7:10:00 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Or to impress some Burka girl.

That can't be it...women are just material possessions in Islam...easily obtained, and discarded.

46 posted on 03/12/2007 8:02:54 PM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: jagrmeister
Sounds like he read enough of the terror websites before they kicked him out. LOL!

FOFLOL!

47 posted on 03/12/2007 8:26:30 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (Ah don't feeeeel no ways taihrd.)
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To: SmithL
ABDELFTAH: WHAT HAPPEN?
SHAITAN: YOU SET UP YOU THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH.
ABDELFTAH: WHAT!
ABDELFTAH: IT'S YOU!!
SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU ABDELFTAH!!
SHAITAN: ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US.
SHAITAN: HA HA HA HA....
48 posted on 03/12/2007 8:29:49 PM PDT by RichInOC (ABDELFTAH: WHAT YOU SAY!!)
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To: SmithL
Jim turned the zot machine up on high again!


49 posted on 03/12/2007 8:29:54 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (The 4000 American kids who are being aborted today need an Abe Lincoln, not a Stephen Douglas...)
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To: SmithL
  The men were "probably preparing to commit a criminal act" later, Kacemi said.
Ya think??!?

  The dead man was identified as Abdelftah Raidi,
Well, I guess that only takes a few chunks!
50 posted on 03/12/2007 9:03:47 PM PDT by Mike-o-Matic
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