Morocco police dismantle militant cell sending jihadists to north Mali
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Morocco's Interior Minister says that security forces have dismantled a militant cell sending young men to fight for organizations linked to al-Qaida in northern Mali.
The statement issued Saturday said the cell had inculcated more than 20 Moroccans with al-Qaida ideology and sent them to northern Mali after smuggling them across the closed border with Algeria.
Once in Mali they joined one of the two al-Qaida linked organizations operating in the north.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One man was caught trying to sneak back into Morocco to perform acts of sabotage, the statement added.
Morocco frequently announces dismantling small cells planning terrorist attacks inspired by al-Qaida, but the terror network is not believed to have a real presence in this North African kingdom of 32 million.