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| Spain arrests Moroccan brothers suspected of financing 'Islamic State' |
| 2016-07-28 |
| [DeutscheWelle] The arrests have marked the first time authorities discover concrete evidence of the group's finance networks in Europe. Spanish police on Wednesday locked away Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! two Moroccan brothers, aged 33 and 22, in the northeastern city of Girona for helping finance the "Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... " ("IS") myrmidon group's operations in Syria and Iraq, Spain's interior ministry said in a statement. Police discovered a large amount of cash and telecommunications data at the brothers' home. The information is expected to assist authorities in exposing the myrmidon group's presence in Europe, police said. "Investigators found that the two suspects, along with their brother who died in Syria, managed to send funds to financial administrators of the 'Islamic State' using false identities attributed to the terrorist organization's managers," the Interior Ministry said. "These suspected identities form part of the 'Islamic State's' economic recruitment center at the international level, as evidenced by international contacts identified in the investigation," the ministry added. Spanish authorities said the investigation marked the first time concrete evidence of European money transfers to the Islamic State, adding that the arrests will help neutralize one part of the group's financial support on the continent. At least 30 people have been arrested in Spain this year over suspected links to Islamist myrmidon groups, including IS, the ministry noted. |
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