Deutsche Presse-Agentur, reports growing concern in Morocco over the alleged infiltration of the army and police force by Islamic radicals planning large-scale terrorist attacks.Recently five military officers were arrested - the first time the army has been implicated in an Islamist plot, according to analysts in Rabat. According to unconfirmed reports, several paramilitary police officers and a member of the judicial police have also been detained.
The five military officers were arrested in late July with about 40 other suspected members of the El-Mehdi Support Group, an Islamist cell which was reportedly preparing an even bigger attack than the Casablanca suicide bombings that claimed 45 lives in May 2003.
