Morocco also plays a pivotal role in the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative to contain Salafist groups in the Saharan and in the Sahel regions of West Africa . Likewise , when Casablanca was the victim of terrorist bombings on May 16 , 2003 , the U.S. government offered Morocco the full resources of its military and intelligence community . Furthermore , the CIA has utilized Morocco as a source for recruiting Arabic-speaking spies
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