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General Directorate For Territorial Surveillance (Morocco)
The General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance ( ar, المديرية العامة لمراقبة التراب الوطني, ''Mudīriyyat Murāqabat al-Turāb al-Waṭaniy''; ; , commonly referred to as the DGST or the DST), is the internal intelligence agency of the Moroccan state. It is tasked with the monitoring of potentially subversive domestic activities. Prior to 2005, it was known as the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST). History The DST emerged from the CAB1, the counter-subversion unit or political police department of the DGSN (''Direction Général de Surveillance du Térritoire''), which is the state police body of Morocco that was created in May 1956. In May 1956, the CAB1 began as the 7th arrondissement of the Police in Derb Baladia, Casablanca, and was headed by Houssine Seghir, a plumber in Mers-Sultan and ex-member of a Casablanca-based resistance movement. At the time the DGSN was directed by Mohammed Laghzioui, a prominent member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Directorate For National Security
The General Directorate for National Security ( ar, المديرية العامة للأمن الوطني ''al-mudīriyya l-ʿāmma li-l-ʾamni l-waṭaniyy'') is the authoritative and main State police body of Morocco. The Sûreté Nationale is tasked with upholding the law and public order. It works alongside the ''Gendarmerie Royale'' and the ''Forces Auxiliaires''. See also *'' Sûreté Nationale'' (National Police Force) *'' Gendarmerie Royale'' (Military Police Force) *'' Forces Auxiliaires'' (Paramilitary Force) Sources # World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004, # World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, second edition, Gale., 2006 # Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005. See also * Groupes urbains de sécurité Groupes urbains de sécurité (GUS) (also known as "Croatia") ( en, Urban Security Groups) is a defunct Moroccan special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrorism
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel). The terms "terrorist" and "terrorism" originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century but became widely used internationally and gained worldwide attention in the 1970s during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Basque conflict, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The increased use of suicide attacks from the 1980s onwards was typified by the 2001 September 11 attacks in the United States. There are various different definitions of terrorism, with no universal agreement about it. Terrorism is a charged term. It is often used with the connotation of something that is "morally wrong". Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
