Along with other Al-Qaeda affiliates , GICM was banned worldwide by the UN 1267 Committee in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 . The group was later linked to several terrorist attacks . In 2003 twelve suicide bombers from the associated group Salafia Jihadia were responsible for coordinated suicide bombings in Casablanca that killed 33 people . At least eight of the people convicted after the bombings were accused of being members of the GICM . Nourredine Nafia , an important early leader of the group was sentenced to 20 years in prison , and Saad Houssaini , the group 's suspected military committee chief ( arrested in 2007 ) was sentenced to 15 years . A year after the Casablanca bombings , the GICM became the principal suspect after the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded over 2,000 . A cell linked to the attacks was affiliated with the GICM through Abu Dujana Al-Afghani Youssef Belhadj and Hassan el-Haski , who were based in Belgium . A main perpetrator , Jamal Zougam had met GICM leaders including ( a.k.a. Abou Issa ) in the United Kingdom , and Abdelaziz Benyaich in Morocco
2004 Madrid train bombings
2004 Madrid train bombings
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group