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Four Algerians charged with financing terrorism |
2005-11-30 |
A Spanish judge has charged four Algerians with membership of a terrorist cell that financed and gave logistical support to an Islamic extremist group linked to al-Qaeda. Judge Fernando Andreu ordered Kaled Bakel, Said Bouchema, Salim Zerbuti and Lyief Sihamida to be detained on terrorism charges. He ordered the release of seven other Algerian detainees. Eleven men were detained last Wednesday in Alicante, Granada and Murcia, on suspicion of having ties to the Algeria-based Salafist Group for Call and Combat, which has declared allegiance to al-Qaeda. Andreu said the four had tried unsuccessfully in February and March to buy explosives in exchange for hashish in the city of Granada, a court official said. The four are also charged with forgery of official documents and credit cards. The seven released were ordered to hand over their passports and appear at the court weekly. Police also presented the judge with taped conversations in which the suspects talked about how to obtain a substance called "red mercury," which has radioactive properties, to make bombs, the court official said. The suspects were accused of financing terrorist activities through petty crime, including drug trafficking and forging credit cards, authorities said. Spanish authorities said the group was not planning an imminent attack. |
Posted by:Seafarious |
#1 Kaled Bakel, Said Bouchema, Salim Zerbuti and Lyief Sihamida 4 lads finnishing up their Flamenco studies. |
Posted by: CAIR 2005-11-30 13:58 |