US embassy cable - 98RABAT7515

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Identifier:	98RABAT7515
Wikileaks:	View 98RABAT7515 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Rabat
Created:	1998-11-30 10:40:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PTER
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS RABAT 007515 
 
STATE FOR S/CT FOR REAP, DS FOR ATA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER 
SUBJECT: MOROCCO - 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 202128 
 
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) HAS BEEN QUICK TO ADDRESS POST'S REAL 
   OR PERCEIVED SECURITY CONCERNS AND PROVIDED 
   ADDITIONAL SECURITY DETAILS FOLLOWING 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 1998. 
 
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 AND ITS 
   OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCIES RECENTLY AVOIDED OR TEMPERED 
   THEIR RESPONSES TO USG REPRISAL MISSILE ATTACKS 
   AGAINST AFGHANISTAN AND THE SUDAN AFTER ALLEGATIONS 
   THAT USAMA BIN LADIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE U.S. 
   EMBASSY BOMINGS IN EAST AFRICA. 
 
E. THE GOM HAS UNDERTAKEN NO MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) 
   EFFORTS IN 1998, 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. 
 
H. THERE HAS BEEN NO GOM CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS 
   INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR ITS SUPPORTERS. 
 
I. THE USG AND GOM ARE FULLY COOPERATIVE 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