US embassy cable - 00RABAT5272

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Identifier:	00RABAT5272
Wikileaks:	View 00RABAT5272 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Rabat
Created:	2000-11-30 16:48:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PTER
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS RABAT 005272 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER 
SUBJECT: MOROCCO:  2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 217248 
 
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.  SUSPICION REMAINS 
THAT IT WAS PLANNED AND EXEUCTED IN PART BY 
ALGERIAN EXTREMISTS. 
 
B. THE GOM EXTRADITED NO TERRORISTS IN 2000 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 EFFORTS IN 2000, 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 NATIONS. 
HOWEVER, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, SYRIA AND SUDAN HAVE 
DIPLOMATS ACCREDITED TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. 
 
H. THERE HAS BEEN NO GOM CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR ITS SUPPORTERS IN 2000. 
 
I. THE USG AND GOM ARE FULLY COOPERATIVE ON 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND REGIONAL 
COUNTERTERRORISM 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 PREVIOUS FIVE 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