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Mujahedin fighters return to Spain from Iraq
 MADRID - Mujahedin fighters have returned to bases in Spain after gaining combat experience in Iraq and are now a potential threat to European security, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Sunday. According to El Pais the fighters worked alongside cells controlled by late Al Qaeda senior leader and Jordanian extremist Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, killed in June.
They are the new Trojan horse of Al Qaeda and its satellites on our territory and they are already preparing themselves, deputy director of the European police network Europol, Mariano Simancas, told El Pais. They represent a serious threat for the countries of the European Union, Simancas added.
El Pais quoted anti-terrorist sources as saying that an unspecified number of formerly Spanish-based Algerians and Moroccans who had gained experience in handling arms and explosives in Iraq had now returned. But they are doing nothing for the moment. They are biding their time, which complicates things when it comes to making arrests, one unnamed expert told El Pais.
| I believe the Spanish security forces will work on this; they're as competent as the rest of the Euro security apparatus (that is to say, darned good). The question is whether the government will unleash the hounds and let the security teams do their job. I suspect Zappie wants to sweep this under the rug. |
| They could start with the staff of El Pais, methinks. Don't spare the #9 truncheon gents, we have spares. |
| On general principles or for reporting this? I don't mind this reporting; it's keeping us informed. Not surprising at all that the mooks are returning to Y'Urp; it's safter there for them and they can plot the return of Andalusia. |
| So, how do they know? ESP(aña)? Lol. I'm just sayin... |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-12-18 |
