A video attributed to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, seen posted on the Internet, included a threat to Morocco three days before a deadly bombing in Marrakesh.

Al Qaeda linked to Marrakesh bombing
The video which was put on video-sharing site YouTube on Monday shows five armed youths, one of them masked and announcing that they would defend prisoners detained in Morocco.

"I am speaking to the Muslim world in general and Morocco in particular which is waging a war without mercy against Muslims," said the young man, going by the name of Abou Abderrahmane Al-Maghribi, and a Moroccan member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

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