MOROCCO - 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

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