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| Some interesting catches among the latest al-Qaeda arrests in Spain |
| 2005-12-20 |
| Say what you will about their elected government (I do), but Garzon and his crew run a pretty class act. Must be why the Osamanauts were so keen to try and off them ... The Spanish police arrested 15 people on Monday on charges that they had formed a recruiting network linked to Al Qaeda that sent Islamic militants to Iraq, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said one man, a 25-year-old Iraqi identified as Abu Sufian, had close ties to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is the American forces' most-wanted man in Iraq. Spanish officials said they had not determined how many recruits had been sent to Iraq, but the interior minister, José Antonio Alonso, said at least two had been preparing to travel there as fighters. He said there was no evidence the group was planning to carry out an attack in Spain. But he said the group had materials to make explosives and was clearly capable of an attack. One of the men, a Belarussian identified as Sergei Malyschew, also known as Amin al-Ansari, is considered an expert in chemical weapons, the ministry said. A 36-year-old Ghanaian identified as Muhammad G. appears to have helped Africans travel to the United States under false identities, but it is not clear if they had any ties to terrorist groups, ministry officials said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 ROFLMAO Alpha!! that tie! |
| Posted by: Spembelov 2005-12-20 12:21 |
| #5 A 36-year-old Ghanaian identified as Muhammad G. ... Ali G.'s brother? |
| Posted by: Wheart Thavick8548 2005-12-20 10:49 |
| #4 It's his tie. |
| Posted by: Alpha Spemble1220 2005-12-20 10:04 |
| #3 So this must've been a Tawhid cell... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-20 09:23 |
| #2 More from MOSNEWS: One of the detained was a Belarus citizen, 30-year-old Sergei Malyshev, who took the name of Amin al-Ansari after converting to Islam, Alonso said. Malyshev is said to be a chemical weapons expert. According to the information provided by European secret services, he took part in militant operations in Chechnya, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Other members of the cell were citizens of Lebanon, Egypt, Ghana, Algeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, France and Spain as well as eight Moroccans. The cell was allegedly led by a 25-year-old Iraqi who identified himself as M. Hiyag, the ministry said, adding that he had âvery close accessâ to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant who leads al-Qaeda in Iraq and is blamed for most of the terror attacks against the U.S.-led coalition. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-12-20 09:18 |
| #1 Garzon and his crew run a pretty class act You'll get no argument from me, Dan. ;-) |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-20 07:29 |