Roots of Terror in Morocco

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"It's easier for the Moroccans to place responsibility outside Morocco and blame Al Qaeda, because it frees them from responsibility," said one senior Belgian intelligence official. "They refuse to see there's an internal component of the problem, one of poverty and despair."

The bad news is that European indifference to the Casablanca bombings and cultural misunderstandings have hampered coordination between Morocco and Europe of efforts to combat suspected Moroccan terror cells. The good news is that cooperation seems to be getting better as the two sides better appreciate the gravity of the threat.