AN Islamic extremist cell uncovered in Barcelona provided finance for an alleged al-Qa'ida kingpin in Pakistan indicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, it was claimed yesterday. The Pakistani cell, which Spanish police smashed in September, had this year sent money orders of €3000 ($5050) each to Amjad Farooqi, who was killed in an encounter in Pakistan with security forces that month, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. "The payments were perfectly credited," it quoted Spanish police sources as saying. "They occurred between January and September, and they were numerous."| Is it just wishful thinking that the eurocops seem to be connecting an awful lot of dots with this group of jihadis they have in jug? Daniel Pearl, Madrid, Theo van Gogh? With tentacles from Syria to Hamburg to Rabat to Amsterdam. If all this checks out, we may actually be getting rid of a MAJOR rats' nest. Not to mention the people of good will in Europe are starting to ask questions about the smell... |
El Pais said the Barcelona group had also sent money to Farooqi associates allegedly involved in al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. El Pais reported on October 31 that the Barcelona cell had transferred funds in Pakistan to the Kuwaiti Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a close associate of Farooqi considered by the US to be the brains behind the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US. |