Morocco arrests 11 suspects linked to ISIS
Fez, Morocco: Zaouia Moulay Idriss II. Considered one of the medina’s most holy shrines, Zaouia Moulay Idriss II is dedicated to the founder of Fez and ruler of Morocco from 807 to 828. Completed in 1824, it was designed in a style that was prevalent during Moulay Idriss’s lifetime. For visiting Muslims it’s considered good luck to come to the shrine, and many women believe it will help their fertility. For everyone else, it’s possible to glimpse part of the beautiful interior and tomb from the entrance, and witness the burning of incense and candles. Photographer: Michele Falzone/Getty Images.
Moroccan police on Saturday arrested 11 members of an "extremely dangerous terrorist" cell linked to ISIS and seized chemical products used to make bombs, the interior ministry said.
The ministry said the "extremely dangerous terrorist" cell had planned to carry out attacks in "sensitive areas... in coordination with an affiliate" of ISIS.
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Police also seized firearms, knives, gas canisters as well as "products used to make homemade bombs" and a car carrying "suspicious material" that was near the building, the ministry added.
But in recent months, authorities have regularly announced the dismantling of ISIS cells and arrests of suspected extremist recruiters.
Although there are reports that ISIS is being defeated in the ME, it is becoming a globalized scourge affecting countries everywhere.
True.
In fact initially they were mainly in Iraq and Syria. They keep conquering more and more territory there.
But then as resistance to their spread picked up. they keep losing more and more areas under their control. (Yjanks in large part to the fierce resistance put up by the Kurds).
Since they have lost so much territory in Iraq and Syria,they have spread to prioritizing terrosism in Europe, as well as Africa.
And by using the social media sites such as Facebook (which will delete any anti-Muslim postings) they are able to reach to influence and covert people world wide to become terrorists. What they post is NOT deleted by Facebook.
There has been more and more attacks on Egyptians by ISIS-- here's a recent one:
At Least 35 Egyptian Police Officers Killed In Shootout In Giza
Egypt accuses Hasm of being a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood denies this.
It is blamed for the killing of hundreds of soldiers and policemen and has started to target other areas, including Egypt’s Christian Copts.
The militant group staging the insurgency pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2014.
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And recently the situation is getting even more dire in the U.K:
UK Facing Most Severe Terror Threat Ever, Warns MI5 Chief
Head of intelligence service says more attacks are inevitable as Britain sees ‘dramatic upshift’ in Islamist terrorism
The spy chief said: “That threat is multi-dimensional, evolving rapidly and operating at a scale and pace we’ve not seen before.
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