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Transcript: Analysis: Suicide bombing in Casablanca, Morocco
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SCOTT SIMON
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
05-17-2003
Analysis: Suicide bombing in Casablanca, Morocco
Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM
SCOTT SIMON, host:
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
Overnight, a series of explosions tore through Casablanca. At least 40 people were killed, at least 60 injured. The targets of the simultaneous attacks include the Belgian consulate, a Jewish community center and Jewish cemetery, a hotel and Spanish social club. The terrorist attacks came just four days after car bombers killed 34 people in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and after American and British counterterrorism experts warned of possible attacks in East Africa, the Mideast ...