Casablanca Country Council

Casablanca Country Council

The Casablanca Country Council web site has been established as a means to facilitate communication between U.S. Businesses and the U.S. Embassy. The site is linked to the main Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) database and you may use your OSAC user account to access additional content within this site.

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Security Update
Just a quick update. As we noted in the April 29 Country Council meeting, the arrest of the two Salafists by the police in Berrechid was an event that needed greater attention by everyone. The two men were arrested for passing counterfeit currency in the initial news release. However, it was later reported ( just after our country council meeting coincidentally) that the two men had been manufacturing explosive material. The explosive material was TATP (the same material manufactured and used in the May 16 bombings) and there was sufficient quantity for approximately 14 backpack type bombs. On Friday, April 30, three more Salafists were arrested by the police in a raid on a safehouse in Casablanca. The three men were wanted for their involvement in the May 16 bombings and were connected to the two men arrested in Berrechid. The targets and timing of potential terrorist attacks by this group are unknown at this time. As more information develops, I’ll pass it on accordingly. Doug Allison RSO Rabat
RSO Doug Allison - May 4, 2004

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2004 Middle East Regional Conference Success
The 2004 Middle East Conference was a huge success! Under the conference material on the left, you will find the latest contact list of attendees. This list is for informational purposes only, and we ask our members to please use utmost discretion relevant to use and distribution. A conference evaluation should be forthcoming from OSAC very soon. Thanks again to all of our constituents and participants for a great conference, and we’ll see you somewhere in the Middle East next year!
Dan Mahanty - June 23, 2004

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RSO Doug Allison Departs Post July 10
Doug Allison, founding ex-officio member of the Casablanca OSAC Country Council will be departing Morocco July 10, 2004. Todd Brown, RSO Amman will be replacing him as senior manager of all security for the US Mission in Morocco and as the Embassy representative on the Morocco country council. Contact information for the RSO’s office remains the same. We’d like to bid Doug the best of luck and welcome Todd to Morocco.
DRM - June 23, 2004

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