Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06RABAT85
2006-01-19 15:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS
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UNCLAS RABAT 000085
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KAWC KPAO MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS
REF: A: SECSTATE 218921
UNCLAS RABAT 000085
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KAWC KPAO MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS
REF: A: SECSTATE 218921
1. (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following
information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that
provide support or services to the victims and families of
the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are
engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of
Islamic extremism. To our knowledge, there is no central
office within the Moroccan government (GOM) that is charged
with interaction with these groups, though we note that
collaboration exists between them and the GOM. Post
recommends that U.S.-based groups interested in working with
these organizations contact them directly.
2. (SBU) Begin listing:
--Name: Association of Families of May 16 Victims
Leader: Souad Khammal
Founded: October 2003
Telephone: 212 61 32 93 82
Composition: 25 families of May 16 victims constituting
some 200 people. Mrs. Khammal's husband and son both died
in the May 16 bombings.
Objectives: To ensure that the lives of those lost in the
May 16 attacks are never forgotten, the association
commemorates the victims on the anniversary of the bombings
and organizes protest marches in reaction to international
terrorist attacks. It also fights for compensation (in the
form of money, jobs, and scholarships) for the families of
those who perished and provides psychological support to the
children of victims.
Type of Support: The association helped prepare May 16
commemoration ceremonies in 2004 and 2005. It also
organized activities for school- and college-aged
individuals aimed at sensitizing them to the dangers of
fundamentalism and promoting the ideals of solidarity and
mutual assistance in Islam.
Government Interaction: By royal decree, the GOM disbursed
500,000 Dirhams (approximately $55,000) to each of the 25
families after the May 16 bombings.
--Name: Association of May 16 Victims
Leader: Cherif Zarouki
Founded: November 2003
Telephone: Unknown.
Composition: The victims of May 16, 2003 terrorist attacks
in Casablanca. The association's vice president is Mohamed
Mahboub, formerly head waiter at the Spanish Club bombing
site in Casablanca. 45 founding members.
Objectives: To defend the interests and serve as the
official interlocutor of the May 16 victims. To seek
compensation for those injured in the blasts.
Type of Support: Unknown.
Government Interaction: Unknown.
--Name: The Moroccan Organization against the Culture of
Hatred and Racism
Leader: Jamal Berraoui
Founded: May 2003
Telephone: 212 60 99 73 56
Composition: Founded by a group of civil society activists
following the May 16 attacks, the group's executive board is
led by journalist Jamal Berraoui and includes prominent
Moroccan Jew Simon Levy, who is also secretary general of
the Judeo-Moroccan Cultural Heritage Foundation, director of
the Arab world's only museum devoted to Jewish culture (in
Casablanca),and a leader of the Jewish community in
Casablanca.
Objectives: To develop a well-defined social action plan
for combating the spread of hatred and extremism in Moroccan
society.
Type of Support: The group has established an observatory
to denounce discourses that propagate hate in Morocco, set
up a committee to assist the GOM in modernizing children's
school books, and launched an awareness campaign for youth
and women on the dangers of extremism.
Government Interaction: Unknown.
--Name: Reseau Maillage Maroc
Leader: Ahmed Ghayet
Founded: March 2003
Telephone: 212 63 42 54 25
Address: 246 Bd. Zerktouni - Maarif, Casablanca
E-mail: R.maillage@gmail.com
Composition: Reseau Maillage's national network groups
together 52 different urban youth associations located in
Morocco's largest cities, including Casablanca, Rabat, Sale,
Mohammedia, Meknes, Temara, Beni Mellal, Laayoune (in the
Western Sahara),among others. As of January 2006,
Maillage's national network comprised some 6,000 Moroccan
youths, according to Mr. Ghayet.
Objectives: To help Moroccan youth become masters of their
own destiny and to improve their social condition.
Type of Support: The organization of civic, educational,
cultural and sport activities in poor, urban neighborhoods
as an alternative to youth involvement in delinquency,
drugs, illegal immigration and Islamic extremism.
Government Interaction: Reseau Maillage has received
funding from the Regional Council of Casablanca (regionally
elected government),the Municipal Council of Casablanca
(locally elected government),and Rabat's National
Assistance System, according to press sources. According to
Mr. Ghayet, the organization will receive 25,000 Dirhams
(approximately $2750) in public funding in 2006, which is a
substantial decrease from the 100,000 Dirhams (approximately
$11,000) it received in 2005. In addition, Mr. Ghayet
receives a monthly salary from the Wali of Casablanca and
the Wali of Rabat (Interior Ministry).
End listing.
RILEY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KAWC KPAO MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS
REF: A: SECSTATE 218921
1. (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following
information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that
provide support or services to the victims and families of
the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are
engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of
Islamic extremism. To our knowledge, there is no central
office within the Moroccan government (GOM) that is charged
with interaction with these groups, though we note that
collaboration exists between them and the GOM. Post
recommends that U.S.-based groups interested in working with
these organizations contact them directly.
2. (SBU) Begin listing:
--Name: Association of Families of May 16 Victims
Leader: Souad Khammal
Founded: October 2003
Telephone: 212 61 32 93 82
Composition: 25 families of May 16 victims constituting
some 200 people. Mrs. Khammal's husband and son both died
in the May 16 bombings.
Objectives: To ensure that the lives of those lost in the
May 16 attacks are never forgotten, the association
commemorates the victims on the anniversary of the bombings
and organizes protest marches in reaction to international
terrorist attacks. It also fights for compensation (in the
form of money, jobs, and scholarships) for the families of
those who perished and provides psychological support to the
children of victims.
Type of Support: The association helped prepare May 16
commemoration ceremonies in 2004 and 2005. It also
organized activities for school- and college-aged
individuals aimed at sensitizing them to the dangers of
fundamentalism and promoting the ideals of solidarity and
mutual assistance in Islam.
Government Interaction: By royal decree, the GOM disbursed
500,000 Dirhams (approximately $55,000) to each of the 25
families after the May 16 bombings.
--Name: Association of May 16 Victims
Leader: Cherif Zarouki
Founded: November 2003
Telephone: Unknown.
Composition: The victims of May 16, 2003 terrorist attacks
in Casablanca. The association's vice president is Mohamed
Mahboub, formerly head waiter at the Spanish Club bombing
site in Casablanca. 45 founding members.
Objectives: To defend the interests and serve as the
official interlocutor of the May 16 victims. To seek
compensation for those injured in the blasts.
Type of Support: Unknown.
Government Interaction: Unknown.
--Name: The Moroccan Organization against the Culture of
Hatred and Racism
Leader: Jamal Berraoui
Founded: May 2003
Telephone: 212 60 99 73 56
Composition: Founded by a group of civil society activists
following the May 16 attacks, the group's executive board is
led by journalist Jamal Berraoui and includes prominent
Moroccan Jew Simon Levy, who is also secretary general of
the Judeo-Moroccan Cultural Heritage Foundation, director of
the Arab world's only museum devoted to Jewish culture (in
Casablanca),and a leader of the Jewish community in
Casablanca.
Objectives: To develop a well-defined social action plan
for combating the spread of hatred and extremism in Moroccan
society.
Type of Support: The group has established an observatory
to denounce discourses that propagate hate in Morocco, set
up a committee to assist the GOM in modernizing children's
school books, and launched an awareness campaign for youth
and women on the dangers of extremism.
Government Interaction: Unknown.
--Name: Reseau Maillage Maroc
Leader: Ahmed Ghayet
Founded: March 2003
Telephone: 212 63 42 54 25
Address: 246 Bd. Zerktouni - Maarif, Casablanca
E-mail: R.maillage@gmail.com
Composition: Reseau Maillage's national network groups
together 52 different urban youth associations located in
Morocco's largest cities, including Casablanca, Rabat, Sale,
Mohammedia, Meknes, Temara, Beni Mellal, Laayoune (in the
Western Sahara),among others. As of January 2006,
Maillage's national network comprised some 6,000 Moroccan
youths, according to Mr. Ghayet.
Objectives: To help Moroccan youth become masters of their
own destiny and to improve their social condition.
Type of Support: The organization of civic, educational,
cultural and sport activities in poor, urban neighborhoods
as an alternative to youth involvement in delinquency,
drugs, illegal immigration and Islamic extremism.
Government Interaction: Reseau Maillage has received
funding from the Regional Council of Casablanca (regionally
elected government),the Municipal Council of Casablanca
(locally elected government),and Rabat's National
Assistance System, according to press sources. According to
Mr. Ghayet, the organization will receive 25,000 Dirhams
(approximately $2750) in public funding in 2006, which is a
substantial decrease from the 100,000 Dirhams (approximately
$11,000) it received in 2005. In addition, Mr. Ghayet
receives a monthly salary from the Wali of Casablanca and
the Wali of Rabat (Interior Ministry).
End listing.
RILEY