MOROCCO: The Vigilantes

Terror is no stranger to Morocco these days. Last year Moroccan terrorists killed some 200 people and wounded 500 more.

Many a European in Morocco now carries a gun as a matter of course. But not all the terrorism in Morocco is perpetrated by native Moors, and not all the European guns are used in self-defense. In recent weeks, there has been an increase of cases of European terrorism aimed at the natives. Often the activities of the "counter-terrorists," as they call themselves, are conducted with the tacit complicity of local cops,...

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