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Spanish al-Qaeda member arrested
Spanish police have arrested a Tunisian man in the southern city of Malaga as part of an investigation into an al Qaeda recruiting network that police cracked in December, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.The ministry identified the man as Chafik Jalal, 44, and said in a statement that he was carrying two false French identity cards and a fake French driving licence. In December, police arrested 16 people in Spain on suspicion of recruiting volunteers to send as suicide bombers or insurgents to Iraq, Chechnya or Kashmir. Two more people gave themselves up when they heard police were looking for them. The judge jailed six of the suspects and freed the rest on condition that they report regularly to the courts near their homes. The investigation focused on a mosque in Malaga that was attended by people with radical Islamist beliefs, the judge said. Jalal was closely linked to the group's Iraqi leader, Abu Sufian, and helped provide recruits with false passports, the Interior Ministry statement said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-02-28 |
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