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Spanish authorities arrest 5 al-Qaida suspects

Five individuals supposedly linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network were arrested in Spain on Thursday, local press reported.


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Five individuals supposedly linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network were arrested in Spain on Thursday, local press reported.

After filing charges against Osama bin Laden and 34 other al-Qaida suspects, Spanish Supreme Court judge Baltasar Garzon ordered the arrest of the five suspects because of their presumed involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

The five detainees are indicted for having undertaken in propaganda, support and infrastructure, work for al-Qaida and for training multiple Islamic warriors in terrorist preparation encampments.

Jamal Hussein and Hassan Al Hussein, both of Syrian origin, were arrested in Granada because of their presumed ties with Tayssir Alluni, a journalist of the Qatar television news network Al-Jazeera who was arrested on Sept. 5 in the same city.

In Madrid, police arrested brothers Ahmad and Waheed Koshagi Kelani, who are accused of having ties with Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias "Abu Dahdah," the top leader of the al-Qaida Spanishcell since the departure of "Cheij Salah" in 1995.

"Abu Dahdah" is accused of recruiting and indoctrinating individuals who were then sent to military encampments in Afghanistan. Garzon gave an assurance that "Abu Dahdah", now imprisoned in Spain, kept numerous contacts in preparation for the Sept. 11 attacks.

A Moroccan known as Sadik Merizak was arrested in Benitachell, Alicante. He is accused of having met with Abu Dujana, a Syrian of Turkish origin imprisoned in Guantanamo, to provide information on the al-Qaida members imprisoned in Spain.


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