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Frenchman Pierre Robert has received a life prison term for plotting terrorist attacks in Morocco. Rabat's criminal court found him guilty of charges of preparing terrorist acts, possessing weapons and endangering state security. Robert's trial was part of investigations into the May 16 suicide bombings in Casablanca that claimed 45 lives. Robert and his 33 co-defendants were each given the right to a "last word" before the five judges began 12 hours of deliberations earlier on Thursday, local time. Two of his co-accused also received life terms, for the murder of a woman in Tangiers. Only two of the accused...

RABAT: An alleged accomplice of Frenchman Pierre Robert, on trial here on charges of leading a Muslim cell involved in suicide bombings in Casablanca, admitted in a court hearing overnight Monday that he received and hid a cache of chemical weapons in the country in the 1980s. Mohammed Neggaoui also told Rabat’s criminal court that he had met Robert three times at the home of another suspect in the northern city of Tangiers. He denied, however that they had discussed terrorist projects in Morocco. Robert and his 33 co-accused are charged with criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to undermine state security, premeditated...