 MADRID — A major operation across Spain has led to the arrest of 16 suspects linked to the al-Qaeda leader in Irak Abu Musab Al Zarqawi. The alleged terrorists were detained in Madrid, Andalusia, Catalonia, Levante and Ceuta, Spain's north African enclave. Eleven suspects are allegedly linked to Abu Musab Al Zarquai, who is the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and behind Islamic terrorist attacks in the country. The other five suspects are said to be linked to the Madrid train bombings in March last year in which 191 people were killed. Five hundred police have been involved in the operation. The Spanish ministry of the interior said the operation was ongoing and more arrests could follow. |