Good grief. If you recall, back at the end of April, an islamic terrorist walked into a cafe' in Morocco which is known to be frequented mostly by Western tourists and leaving a bomb(s) that went off after he left and the aftermath revealed 17 killed. Al Qaeda has denied doing the bombing, but new light has been shed on the guy that left the bombs.
From the report at Sky News:
The chief suspect in the cafe bombing in Marrakesh is believed to have disguised himself as a hippie and was thought to have links to the terrorist group.
Adel al Othmani reportedly entered the cafe on April 28 in Marrakesh - Morocco's top tourist destination - heavily disguised and carrying a guitar.
"He walked into the cafe wearing a wig and carrying a guitar and the two bags where he hid the explosive devices," an unnamed source told Reuters news agency. "He looked like a hippie.
"He ordered an orange juice before leaving the cafe and behind him the two bags.
"He used a mobile phone to detonate the bombs afterwards."
Three men have been arrested in connection with the blast in bustling Jamaa el-Fna square, including al Othmani.
Okay, so we in the West have had to adjust to al Qaeda switching from male attackers to female attackers to child attackers to mentally disabled attackers to .....now hippies? Now, al Qaeda has denied this attack and there may be some truth to that in that I have rarely seen an al Qaeda bombing like this done without a suicide element - an al Qaeda jihadi rarely wants to live through it and either has the bomb on his body or is driving a VBIED.
But either way, we see the resourcefulness of the islamic terrorists - this was the kind of crowd at this cafe' that would have noticed a traditionally dressed Muslim...but this guy walks in like some sort of "westernized" dude and I'm sure fit in much better.
One thing we have to give the terrorists is a constantly evolving way of killing people...bombs in shoes, bombs in underwear, hippies carrying bombs, putting bombs inside of dead donkeys alongside a road....it's nearly limitless what these clowns come up with.
Al Qaeda Deny Planting Morocco Cafe Bomb
The chief suspect in the cafe bombing in Marrakesh is believed to have disguised himself as a hippie and was thought to have links to the terrorist group.
Adel al Othmani reportedly entered the cafe on April 28 in Marrakesh - Morocco's top tourist destination - heavily disguised and carrying a guitar.
"He walked into the cafe wearing a wig and carrying a guitar and the two bags where he hid the explosive devices," an unnamed source told Reuters news agency. "He looked like a hippie.
"He ordered an orange juice before leaving the cafe and behind him the two bags.
"He used a mobile phone to detonate the bombs afterwards."
Three men have been arrested in connection with the blast in bustling Jamaa el-Fna square, including al Othmani.
According to Morocco's Interior Minister Taieb Cherkao, he had shown "loyalty" to Al Qaeda and was previously expelled from Libya and Portugal.
A Briton and eight French tourists were among the 17 killed in the bombing.
It was the deadliest attack in Morocco since 12 suicide bombers killed 33 members of the public in coordinated attacks in Casablanca in 2003.
The atrocity adds to the challenges facing King Mohammed as his previously stable kingdom battles to prevent uprisings similar to those elsewhere in the Arab world.
A series of demonstrations have been held in recent weeks with the protesters demanding regime change and greater democratic freedom.
The government has responded by offering public sector workers a pay rise, reform of the constitution and greater independence for the judiciary.
Protesters have accused it of trying to use the bomb attack to raise fears of instability and dissuade people from taking to the streets.
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