Spain Alerts Italy and the UK about Imminent AQ Attacks
La Razón ^ | 6/03/2004 | J. M. Zuloaga
Posted on 06/03/2004 7:48:29 AM PDT by livius
Two Islamist cells with logistical support have been found in [Spain].
Police in Spain, Italy and the UK have been working around the clock to localize several cells of Ansar al Islam, some of whose members have already been identified, who intend to commit attacks against British and Italian targets during President Bush’s trip to Europe, antiterrorist sources have informed La Razón. These groups are composed primarily of Algerian fundamentalists, although there are also some Moroccans, and they were trained in the camps of Afghanistan.
The alarm sounded in Europe upon the receipt of completely reliable information that several cells of Ansar al Islam, the terrorist group in the Al Qaeda network led by the Jordanian terrorist Mohammed al Zarkawi, is planning to commit large-scale attacks in Italy and the UK. The “commandos” have operational and logistical support in Spain, where they may have obtained money and some of the false documentation they use. In theory, according to the sources, it is not believed that they are going to carry out attacks in Spain, although any scenario is possible, given the dangerous nature of the Islamists.
Current investigations are directed at localizing, as soon as possible, a group of Algerian extremists who are already in the UK and Italy to attempt to carry out attacks in the next few days, coinciding with the European tour that the leader of the US begins in Italy tomorrow. The police of these countries, with the close cooperation of the Spanish police, have managed to identify some of the terrorists, some of whom may be Moroccan.
These are experienced terrorists who, according to the sources, received their training in the Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, where they learned techniques for the manufacture and placement of explosives and highly destructive weapons.
In May, Judge Baltsar Garzón of the Audiencia Nacional sent three Algerians and one Spaniard to prison for their alleged connection with a terrorist group related to Al Qaeda, and he asked the UK to hand over the alleged head of the group, Heidi Ben Youssef Boudhiba, alias “Fathi,” who is being held in [England] and who has been connected with the cell that attempted to carry out a ricin attack in London.
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Batten down the hatches, folks. And pray for W's safety.
If AQ attacks begin this weekend in Italy and the UK, it won't be long after that they will begin here.
These are dangerous times.
IMHO, We must be extremely vigilant this month.
Glad to oblige! Because Spain has the unfortunate circumstance of being very close to North Africa and other AQ hotbeds, a lot of this news gets reported there first.
Sigh.
Seems to me, we in the West need to 'get over it' and just decide whenever such creatures are captured,
IMMEDIATELY MARCH THEM OUT to a suitable killing plot. Dig a big hole. layer the bottom with bloated pig carcasses; kill a handful of terrorists; layer them over with some more bloated pig carcasses; See how talkative that makes the remainder. Pull as much info as possible. Repeat above with the remainder. MAYBE if someone gives good info, leave the top layer of pigs off. Fill with dirt.
Survival is a high priority, group!
Western idiot wimps about how to deal with all this are about as destructive as the Jihadi's.