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2007-05-28 Europe

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Posted by ryuge 2007-05-28 08:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 A substantial amount of computer material was seized during the pre-dawn raids

Look for more arrests soon, then, in Spain and elsewhere. Afghanistan and Iraq, f'r instance. Sometimes being the good guys can be so very satisfying. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-28 08:07|| 2007-05-28 08:07|| Front Page Top

#2 There's more about this in the AKI article. Excerpt:

The Spanish police has recently raised the alarm about the presence of Jihadi militants in Catalonia.

Earlier this month, the Spanish Police Federation (CEP) warned that the Catalan region had become "the biggest recruiting centre for Islamist terrorirsts in Europe". It said that four or five jihadi fighters were believed to leave each months from Catalonia headed to Iraq, Chechnya or Afghanistan.

AKI also reports that many of the arrested were Paks.

Posted by mrp 2007-05-28 08:14|| 2007-05-28 08:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The jihadi movement is brain-dead if they really plan to train Moroccans in Afghanistan. Here are some reasons why this is stupid:
They don't look like locals. They can't speak any of the local languages. There is limited mobility in and out of Afghanistan. A "camp" of any size will be noticeable to informants. Both Afghanistan and Iraq are free-fire zones who Americans forces that think they have detected a collection of training bad guys.
A "fearless leader" of even moderate metality could choose any of half a dozen training venues that didn't invovle JDAM interruptions. Lebanaon, Sudan, Somolia or Iran are just a few.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-05-28 11:36|| 2007-05-28 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 humm.. one more big jihadi op in Spain [a la Madrid Train Station] might roll the Spaniards back to an unenlightened Medieval period.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-28 13:53|| 2007-05-28 13:53|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a quagmire. Let's redeploy our sailors in Spain to Okinawa.

Posted by ed 2007-05-28 13:55|| 2007-05-28 13:55|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a quagmire. Let's redeploy our sailors in Spain to Okinawa.

LOL ed, yeah back to Fat Rosie O'Murtha's Wading Pool!

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-28 14:06|| 2007-05-28 14:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey it's the HoseMan.

Shamu is send greeters.

Posted by Shipman 2007-05-28 14:43|| 2007-05-28 14:43|| Front Page Top

#8 mrp: AKI also reports that many of the arrested were Paks.

I wasn't aware that there was a substantial Pakistani community in Spain, and wouldn't have thought that the Moroccans would be very welcoming of such...

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-28 20:45|| 2007-05-28 20:45|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm sure they had Moroccan passports

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-28 20:46|| 2007-05-28 20:46|| Front Page Top

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