US embassy cable - 99RABAT6846

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Identifier:	99RABAT6846
Wikileaks:	View 99RABAT6846 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Rabat
Created:	1999-11-08 14:05:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PTER
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS RABAT 006846 
 
STATE FOR S/CT FOR REAP, DS FOR ATA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER 
SUBJECT: MOROCCO - 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 204472 
 
1. PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO 
   REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
   ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. 
 
A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST 
   UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT 
   (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO.  THE GOVERNMENT OF 
   MOROCCO (GOM) CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO POST'S 
   REAL OR PERCEIVED SECURITY CONCERNS AND HAS 
   COOPERATED WITH U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE 
   AGENCIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TWIN EMBASSY 
   BOMBINGS IN EAST AFRICA.   THE MOST RECENT ACT OF 
   INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATED IN THE KINGDOM OF 
   MOROCCO OCCURRED AT A TOURIST HOTEL IN MARRAKECH IN 
   1994; SUSPICIONS REMAINS THAT IT WAS PLANNED AND 
   EXECUTED IN PART BY ALGERIAN EXTREMISTS. 
 
B. THE GOM EXTRADITED NO TERRORISTS IN 1999 AND THE USG 
   REQUESTED NO RENDITIONS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. 
 
C. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT AN EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN 
   THE USG AND GOM, POST DOES NOT PERCEIVE THERE WOULD 
   BE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO GOM PROSECUTION 
   AND/OR EXTRADITION OF KNOWN TERRORISTS THAT ARE NOT 
   MOROCCAN NATIONALS. 
 
D. THE GOM TRADITIONALLY ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN 
   OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
 
E. TO POST'S KNOWLEDGE, THE GOM HAS NOT UNDERTAKEN ANY 
   MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) EFFORTS IN 1999, LOCALLY 
   OR INTERNATIONALLY. 
 
F. THE GOM DOES NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, 
   TERRORISTS, OR TERRORIST GROUPS. 
 
G. THE GOM HAS NOT ISSUED ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN 
   SUPPORT OF THE SEVEN TERRORIST-SUPPORTING NATTONS; 
   HOWEVER, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, SYRIA, AND THE SUDANHAVE 
   DIPLOMATS ACCREDITED TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. 
 
H. THERE HAS BEEN NO GOM CHANGE IN ATTITUE TOWARDS 
   INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR ITS SUPPRTERS IN 1999. 
 
I. THE USG AND GOM ARE FULLY COOERATIVE ON 
   INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND REGIONAL CT EFFORTS. 
 
J. DURING THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, THE USG HAS NOT 
   SOUGHT GOM SUPPORT IN THE INVESTIGATION OR 
   PROSECUTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
   AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR U.S. INTERESTS. 
 
K. DURING THE FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS, THE USG HAS NOT 
   SOUGHT GOM SUPPORT IN THE PREVENTION OF AN ACT OF 
   INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR U.S. 
   INTERESTS. 
 
 
GABRIEL