Alleged Casablanca Mastermind Caught, Dies

(Reuters) ^ | Wed May 28, 2003 10:52 AM ET | (Reuters)

[DanDan]

RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco said Wednesday it captured the alleged leader of suicide bombers who killed dozens of people in Casablanca this month but it said he had died in custody from chronic heart and liver disease. State prosecutor Moulay Abdellah Alaoui Belghiti told state television Abdelhaq Moulsabbat was arrested Monday in the central city of Fes, where its poor districts are reputed to be strongholds of radical Islamists.

The prosecutor said Moulsabbat died while being taken by investigators from Fes to Casablanca. The prosecutor did not say when he died nor how old he was.

"He (Moulsabbat) suffered chronic heart and liver diseases. His liver weighed 2.1 kilograms (4.6 pounds) against the average 1.4 to 1.5 kilograms," Belghiti said.

He described Moulsabbat as the "general coordinator of the attacks" and "emir" (commander in Arabic) behind the strikes at five central Casablanca locations on May 16 that killed 43 people including 12 suicide bombers.

Another would-be bomber was caught trying to flee, and a second surviving bomber was arrested the following day.

The judicial police in their investigation have been focusing on a small ultra-conservative Islamist group known as al-Assirat al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), based in Casablanca's low-income Sidi Moumen neighborhood and reputed to have followers in other cities including Fes.

[DanDan]

I hate it when those prescription drugs arrive too late...

[dighton]

Morocco said Wednesday it captured the alleged leader of suicide bombers who killed dozens of people in Casablanca this month but it said he had died in custody from chronic heart and liver disease.

[ikka]

Did they kill him because he would have implicated others who did not want to be implicated, or did they kill him by kickng the crap out of him because they hated his guts?

[tictoc]

Natural causes.

[tictoc]

I hate you!

[FreedomPoster]

LOL. You've got to be *quick* at FreeRepublic!

[aristeides]

"He (Moulsabbat) suffered chronic heart and liver diseases. His liver weighed 2.1 kilograms (4.6 pounds) against the average 1.4 to 1.5 kilograms," Belghiti said.

Did this Islamofascist have a drinking problem?

[marlon]

How Conveeeeenent

[skeeter]

RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco said Wednesday it captured the alleged leader of suicide bombers who killed dozens of people in Casablanca this month but it said he had died in custody from chronic heart and liver disease.

Authorities found his heart & liver were suffering from chronic holes.

[Principled]

Shot while trying to escape.

[bert]

Don't bomb hotels in Morrocco!

They'll cut out your liver!

[Billthedrill]

His liver weighed 2.1 kilograms (4.6 pounds) against the average 1.4 to 1.5 kilograms," Belghiti said.

That'd be .6 kg of copper-jacketed lead. It will affect one's health.

[martin_fierro]

Authorities found his heart & liver were suffering from chronic holes.

Line of the Day! LOL

[Molly Pitcher]

Just heard this on the radio.

Coupled with the Saudi arrests, it is a good day.

[BlueLancer]

I'm shocked ... shocked ...

Round up the usual suspects ...

[50sDad]

Authorities say the suspect was found in his cell in a bathtub full of ice, with the following scrawled on the mirror in lipstick: "Your kidneys are gone!"

[Dog]

Check this out.....

Googled this group and found nothing.

[RetiredArmy]

Lead poisoning maybe?

[hchutch]

Interesting...

Might be that James Dunnigan was right - we've killed off most of the coordination and the first string of the al-Qaeda network.