| 词条 | 2002 Strait of Gibraltar terror plot |
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In May and June 2002, Moroccan authorities arrested several people in connection with an Al-Qaeda plot to attack American and British naval ships and shipping in the Strait of Gibraltar.[1] Three Saudi Arabians were arrested for the plot, followed by several Moroccan Islamists, many members of Salafia Jihadia.[2][3][4] Plot and arrestsThe three Saudi nationals arrested were Zuher al-Tbaiti, the suspected ringleader, and Abdullah al-Ghamdi and Hilal al-Assiri.[2] The three eventually confessed to the plot, having escaped Afghanistan in 2001 during the Battle of Tora Bora.[2] The men had reportedly been instructed to the plot by a senior aide to Osama bin Laden based in Pakistan, named "Abu Bilal", suspected by authorities to be Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri who later reportedly confessed to having been behind the plot.[2][5] The plot involved using speedboats packed with explosives in suicide bombings against American and British vessels, and possibly suicide bombings in Gibraltar.[5][6] The Saudis had been able to integrate into Moroccan society by marrying Moroccan women through the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM).[4] The wives of two of the men were arrested, suspected of having been used as money couriers for al-Qaeda and to have been aware of the plots; one of the two women attempted to hide explosives in her apartment when she was arrested by security forces.[7] According to one official, the plot had been planned "well before" the September 11 attacks.[7] Attacks were reportedly also planned in Morocco, notably in the tourist centre of Marrakesh.[2] The three Saudi Arabians were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in February 2003.[5] The plot was widely compared to the USS Cole bombing of 2000.[1][2][7] The bombing of the USS Cole, as well as the later bombing of the French-registered oil tanker Limburg in October 2002, have also been linked to al-Nashiri.[5] In 2003, NATO began escorting civilian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar amid fears of terrorist attacks.[8] The Strait was mentioned as a target by Al-Qaeda in 2014, when through its magazine Resurgence it urged its followers of attacks against central transport hubs to destabilise the world economy.[9] See also
References1. ^1 {{Cite news|title=Morocco 'uncovers al-Qaeda plot'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2037391.stm|work=BBC News|date=11 June 2002}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strait of Gibraltar terror plot, 2002}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news|first=Douglas|last=Frantz|title=U.S. Enlists Morocco's Help To Counter Terrorist Plots|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/world/us-enlists-morocco-s-help-to-counter-terrorist-plots.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=24 June 2002}} 3. ^{{Cite web|first=Anneli|last=Botha|title=Terrorism in the Maghreb: The Transnationalisation of Domestic Terrorism: Chapter 3: Terrorism in Morocco|url=https://www.issafrica.org/chapter-3-terrorism-in-morocco|publisher=Institute for Security Studies|date=June 2008}} 4. ^1 {{Cite news|first=Carlos Echeverría|last=Jesús|title=The Current State of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group|url=https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-current-state-of-the-moroccan-islamic-combatant-group|publisher=Combating Terrorism Center|date=15 March 2009}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|first=Michael|last=Richardson|year=2004|title=A Time Bomb for Global Trade: Maritime-related Terrorism in an Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=fPH4OBoPfCMC&lpg=PP1&hl=no&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|pages=19-20|isbn=9789812302465}} 6. ^{{Cite news|title=MI6 hunts terror plot network|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/12/september11.world|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2002}} 7. ^1 2 {{Cite news|title=Wives arrested in Moroccan terror plot|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/06/11/morocco.terror.wives/|work=CNN|date=12 June 2002}} 8. ^{{Cite news|title=Terror fears spark ship escorts|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2855769.stm|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2003}} 9. ^{{Cite news|first=Jesús|last=Rodríguez|title=Safeguarding the Strait of Gibraltar|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/11/inenglish/1426084296_703572.html|work=El País|date=20 March 2015}} 13 : 2002 in Gibraltar|2002 in Morocco|Al-Qaeda activities in Europe|Islamic terrorism in the United Kingdom|Failed terrorist attempts in Europe|History of Gibraltar|Islamic terrorist incidents in 2002|Islamism in Morocco|Strait of Gibraltar|Terrorism in Morocco|Terrorist incidents in 2002|Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 2002|Terrorist incidents in Morocco in the 2000s |
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