Spain Judge Calls Morocco Terror Threat

[maddezmom]

MADRID, Spain - Morocco — home to most of the suspects in the Madrid train bombing — is teeming with some 100 al-Qaida-linked cells that are capable of suicide attacks and pose Europe's biggest terrorist threat, Spain's leading anti-terrorism judge testified Thursday.


Each cell has five to 10 members, "so we are talking about 900 to 1,000 people who could be sought by police now in Morocco," Judge Baltasar Garzon told lawmakers investigating the March 11 attacks, which killed 190 people. Garzon cited police and intelligence data.


"In my opinion it is the gravest problem Europe faces today with this kind of terrorism," Garzon said, noting that many of those groups are in northern Morocco, with members who speak perfect Spanish and are able to slip easily in and out of Spain. The two countries are just a short ferry ride away from each other across the Strait of Gibraltar.


Most of the 17 people jailed in Spain on preliminary charges stemming from the Madrid bombing attack are Moroccan, including Jamal Zougam, suspected of physically placing the bombs on the crowded morning commuter trains.

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[Minstrel Boy]

1. "teeming"

Is it just me, or does it seem to be always non-whites who are described as "teeming"?

Look out for the swarming mass of brown people!

[Gildor Inglorion]

2. Yes. "Huddled masses" is the correct term for whites.

I think "pullulating" would work nicely, too: Eastern Europe is simply pullulating with white people. Behold the pullulating, melanin-challenged peoples of Scandinavia! On a related subject, I find it fascinating that there are two "Moorish" nations: Morocco for the "brown" Moors and Mauretania for the "black" Moors. Also, if I recall correctly, Spain maintains two tiny, Gibraltar-like enclaves in Morocco: Ceuta and Mellila. No doubt the Moroccans consider these terrorist cells, also. ;)