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| Spain charges 4 for terrorist ties |
| 2004-04-20 |
| "We loaned them these nice silk neckties so they would look well dressed in court and they kept on bombing us anyway. Now they are going to have to pay us good money for them!" A Spanish judge Tuesday indicted four Algerians for belonging to a terrorist group linked to al Qaeda. The alleged leader of the group is also accused of having knowledge of cell phone detonation devices similar to those used in the Madrid and Bali bombings, according to a copy of the court order obtained by CNN. The four, who were already in custody, also had materials capable of being converted into "homemade napalm," according to an FBI analysis in 2003 that had been requested by the Spanish judge. The FBI analyzed chemical materials seized by Spanish police who searched the suspects' property. The Spanish cell also provided logistical support to a suspected terrorist cell, arrested earlier in France, that had plotted an attack in Strasbourg during the 2000 Christmas season and "which aimed to carry out attacks with toxic, chemical or bacterial products against European targets," the court documents said. Judge Baltasar Garzon issued the indictment against the four Algerians, identified as Mohamed Tahraoui, 31, the alleged cell leader; Smail Boudjelthi, 29; Ali Kaouka, 30; and Mohamed Nebbar, 33. All four have Spanish residency documents, according to the court documents. "For all of this, there should be no underestimating this new class of delinquency, its methods and its firm decision to attack human targets in a totally indiscriminate manner in any part of the world," the judge wrote in the 14-page indictment order. The four suspects indicted Tuesday were already in Spanish custody. They were among 16 men arrested in Spain in January 2003, linked at that time to possible Islamic terrorist activities, a court official told CNN. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #4 Yikes Last Minute Mike was on a roll! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-21 7:04:46 AM |
| #3 NMM, Been to France? Do you know all the stories coming out of Europe to be true? SHUT UP. All you trolls do is praise who you like (the bad guys) but mostly whine and complain and name-call about those you don't (the good guys). Don't you know there's a war on? And guess which side I think you're on? |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-04-21 2:49:18 AM |
| #2 Interesting how the French stuff was stopped dead in its tracks--but the French don't know nothin' 'bout fighting terrorism? |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2004-04-21 2:19:29 AM |
| #1 All four have Spanish residency documents Why? . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-20 9:03:57 PM |