Girl terrorists
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Fourteen-year-old twin sisters were sentenced to five years in prison this week for planning suicide attacks on the Moroccan parliament and royal family. The girls were caught, along with 18 adults, after authorities learned that they had asked their local imam for formal religious approval of their plan. The Moroccan government has taken a heavy hand against suspected terrorists since last May, when a massive suicide blast in Casablanca killed 45 people, including 12 bombers. More than 1,000 Islamic extremists have been arrested, and most of them given only perfunctory trials. Many are suspected members of Salafia Jihadia, a group that advocates violence against U.S. interests and Moroccan Jews. It is believed to be linked to al Qaida.
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