The Interior Minister, Claude Gueant, said in the Journal du Dimanche that "there is no evidence" that France was under attack by the Marrakesh Thursday, which killed 16 people including seven French. "Morocco has been the scene of significant attacks: 45 dead, including 12 suicide bombers in Casablanca in 2003, and others in 2007," he noted.
"However, it is true that this cafe [where the attack took place] is a tourist mecca and, given the popularity of the French in Marrakech, there was a strong likelihood that the French are affected," adds there. Claude Gueant also believes that "it was not until the claim" to know if Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has organized the attack, he said, he "reminded" of 1995 in Paris.
In Marrakech, "contrary to what has been circulating at the beginning, there was no intervention by a suicide bomber. Someone has filed a bag on the floor and there was a remote trigger. There was ammonium nitrate and TATP, the PETN, and then nails, "he recalls. Do not go too "hasty" by linking the attack to the recent release of Islamists by the King of Morocco, said he.
The minister also believes that "the case of Morocco" is not that of the Sahel, where he "strongly recommend to go sightseeing." In the Sahel, "the threat of kidnapping is pursued, even near certainty", while Morocco is "an important country that works effectively," he says. As the threat of terrorism on French soil, he confirmed that she is "very high", while underlining the "important activity of the police." "It is obviously impossible that France was allowed to dictate his lifestyle or his foreign policy.
We will not care," he confirms. Asked whether AQIM can "enjoy" Arab spring ", he stressed that the organization is" a movement of a terrorist nature, not a political movement, "but believes that" some situations strengthen (its) operational capacity, "as Libya, "where a number of weapons has left the country to neighboring Mali, where AQIM is present and has four of our hostage." The Moroccan Minister of Interior, Taeb Cherkaoui, said Friday that "the manner" in which the attack was executed in Marrakech "recalls the style normally used by al-Qaida." A video attributed to AQIM, which aired on the internet had also threatened Morocco three days before the attack. 
"However, it is true that this cafe [where the attack took place] is a tourist mecca and, given the popularity of the French in Marrakech, there was a strong likelihood that the French are affected," adds there. Claude Gueant also believes that "it was not until the claim" to know if Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has organized the attack, he said, he "reminded" of 1995 in Paris.
In Marrakech, "contrary to what has been circulating at the beginning, there was no intervention by a suicide bomber. Someone has filed a bag on the floor and there was a remote trigger. There was ammonium nitrate and TATP, the PETN, and then nails, "he recalls. Do not go too "hasty" by linking the attack to the recent release of Islamists by the King of Morocco, said he.
The minister also believes that "the case of Morocco" is not that of the Sahel, where he "strongly recommend to go sightseeing." In the Sahel, "the threat of kidnapping is pursued, even near certainty", while Morocco is "an important country that works effectively," he says. As the threat of terrorism on French soil, he confirmed that she is "very high", while underlining the "important activity of the police." "It is obviously impossible that France was allowed to dictate his lifestyle or his foreign policy.
We will not care," he confirms. Asked whether AQIM can "enjoy" Arab spring ", he stressed that the organization is" a movement of a terrorist nature, not a political movement, "but believes that" some situations strengthen (its) operational capacity, "as Libya, "where a number of weapons has left the country to neighboring Mali, where AQIM is present and has four of our hostage." The Moroccan Minister of Interior, Taeb Cherkaoui, said Friday that "the manner" in which the attack was executed in Marrakech "recalls the style normally used by al-Qaida." A video attributed to AQIM, which aired on the internet had also threatened Morocco three days before the attack.
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