Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Friday urged North African countries to work together against terrorism following this week’s suicide bombings in Algiers and Casablanca. Two suicide car bombings in Algiers on Wednesday killed 33 people and injured more than 220.
In the single-room shack in Casablanca that has been her home for 27 years, Rachida Raydi laments the loss of two of her seven children, who both ended their lives as suicide bombers. ”I hadn’t seen Ayoub for 10 months and Abdelfettah for nine months. I’m against terrorism,” their 46-year-old mother said.
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/ 25 February 2004
Aid and development groups on Wednesday pointed an accusing finger at construction firms over the high death toll in the earthquake that rocked northeast Morocco, saying they ignored the building code for the quake-prone region. At least 560 people died in the quake on Tuesday.