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The GICM has allegedly been associated with major terrorist attacks. In 2003, an attack in Casablanca killed 30 people. In 2004, an attack on the public transportation system in Madrid killed 191 and wounded more than 1900. Salafia Jihadia , an offshoot of the GICM, is blamed for both. It was named by Spanish interior minister Angel Acebes as the "priority" for investigations into the 11 March 2004 Madrid Attacks , although he insisted that the possible involvement of other terrorist organisations had not been ruled out. On October 10, 2005, Britain's Home Office banned GICM and 14 other terrorist groups from operating in the United Kingdom. Under Britains' Terrorism Act 2000 , being a member of a GICM is punished by a 10-year prison term. The fourteen banned terrorist groups were:
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