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Rabat – Algerian media are yet again spreading a series of fake news targeting Moroccan officials, accusing them of being involved in international crimes that have subjected them to international arrest warrants.
The defamatory article was posted on Tuesday by Algerian Radio. The source, claims that a court in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, has issued international arrest warrants against senior Moroccan security officials on charges of “plotting to assassinate Amal Boussaid, the head of the International Organization for the Defense of the Rights and Freedoms of Moroccans Worldwide in Cyprus.”
A report from the Moroccan Press Agency (MAP) debunked the false accusations, asserting that the allegations were disseminated by an individual who is being legally prosecuted in Italy for fraud.
A Moroccan diplomatic source has equally denied the false accusations, saying that they are baseless allegations that are part of Algerian media’s attack on Morocco to tarnish its image, MAP reported.
“Morocco’s security institutions are globally recognized for their strictness, expertise, and professionalism,” the diplomatic source told MAP.
Algerian media reports about Morocco’s security institutions stand in stark contrast to the country’s international reputation as a regional leader in security.
As a testament to its exemplary security expertise, Morocco is on track to host the 93rd General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), in 2025.
In recent years, Interpol has on several occasions commended Morocco’s security agencies and expressed satisfaction from working with the country.
“We have worked with Morocco for years and are very impressed with the capabilities that have been put in place, not only to strengthen national responses but also to respond to threats in the region,” an Interpol official told the press on the sidelines of the announcement that Morocco would be the assembly’s host.
The Algerian report accusing Moroccan security officials of corruption is not an isolated incident. For years, Algerian media have systematically attacked Moroccan institutions and officials in an attempt to tarnish the country’s reputation. In the wake of Algeria’s unilateral decision to cut diplomatic ties with Morocco in August 2021, Algerian media has targeted the country with a wide range of accusations.
In August 2021, Algeria blamed the devastating forest fires that claimed the lives of 90 people, including 57 civilians and 33 soldiers, on a Moroccan-Israel conspiracy.
Soon after, however, an under-reported investigation into the cause of the forest fires by the Algerian police contradicted the thesis of an Israeli-Moroccan sabotage.
Yet in a June 2023 report, Algerian media continued to quote local police sources claiming that they had thwarted a “criminal plan that was organized from Morocco.”
While failing to provide any sound evidence or corroborating elements, the report went on to stress that the allegedly foiled Moroccan plan was “another attempt to hit the national economy.” Local police sources further claimed that “ members of a criminal network attempted to offer counterfeit banknotes to circulate them in the market, on the eve of Eid Adha.’’ In addition, Algeria has continuously accused Morocco of “flooding” its territories with drugs.
So far, Morocco’s response has been to dismiss the Algerian regime’s “baseless” and “unfounded accusations” by arguing – as many observers have pointed out over the years – that manufacturing hostilities with Morocco are the Algerian establishment’s main distraction strategy.
Faced with decades of unkept promises and deepening crises, Algeria’s successive regimes have long been keen to divert the Algerian public’s attention away from their country’s political and economic failures and focus instead on a perceived existential threat from abroad.
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