Unidentified Warplane Bombards Libya, Morocco Worries About a Similar Attack

Rabat – An unidentified war plane has bombarded the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Monday. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are required to be more alert than ever before to face foil similar terrorist attacks.

Explosions were heard in Tripoli, according to Reuters and Egypt decided to cancel its flights to Libya after the Libyan government decided to close the country’s airspace.

China’s Xinhua News Agency quoted the spokesperson of the militant group Central Libya Shield, Alaa Dweik, as saying that the fighter jet” launched airstrikes on some camps near the airport highway in Tripoli where one Islamist armed group from Misrata was based. “ According to the same source, the airstrike killed five militants and injured several others.

In the face of this volatile situation, Moroccans’ fear of the terrorist attack has increased, especially amid the deafening silence of the government who has still not explained to the public opinion the reason behind this unprecedented deployment of the Moroccan army in different cities of the country.

This airstrike confirms the seriousness of the warning received by Moroccan authorities on the alleged threat posed by the terrorist groups linked to the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

The western intelligence has warned Morocco along with Algeria and Tunisia from possible terroristic attacks using 20 million weapons, including 20,000 portable air-defense systems that have fallen into the hands of the Libyan Islamists during the recent fighting.

Following this warning, the Moroccan authorities have mobilized 70,000 troops to prevent terrorist groups from carrying out terrorist attacks against its strategic sites.

Morocco’s Daily newspaper Akhbar Alyaoum reported in its Monday issue that the Moroccan Army has deployed more unites in the coast of Casablanca, as well as several dams of the country, such as Taounate-based dam Al-Wahda, and the Machroue Hamadi dam, located in Nador city, in northeastern Morocco.