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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_re_af/morocco_call_from_prison



By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer Wed May 10, 1:16 PM ET

RABAT, Morocco - "This is Omar Maarouf calling from Kenitra Central Prison," said the dejected voice on the other end of the line.

The bizarre phone call was the second in two days from a prisoner inside the high-walled Kenitra, one of Morocco's most notorious lockups. It holds several death row inmates like Maarouf, who the government links to violent Islamic groups.

Fellow prisoner Abdelkebir Goumarra, serving a life sentence at Kenitra, called a day earlier, also without notice.

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"Everyone knows they were doing it under American pressures," said Goumarra, who said he is also refusing to eat.

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