Posted on 03/19/2005 8:27:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON (AP) - A suspect wanted in Spain for alleged involvement in last year's Madrid train bombings was arrested Saturday near London, a day after his brother was arrested in Spain, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Service said Moutaz Almallah Dabas, 39, a Spanish national, was detained in Slough, just west of London, for alleged terrorist offenses linked to the March 11, 2004, Madrid bombings that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,500. On Friday, Spanish police arrested Mohannad Almallah Dabas, identified as the brother of the man arrested in England, on suspicion of helping recruit radical Islamists to be sent abroad. Police said he had ties with suspects charged in the Madrid bombings.
Spain's Interior Ministry said the brothers used an apartment in Madrid to house recruits or people passing through. The ministry said they were assisted by Basel Ghalyoun, a Syrian already jailed for his suspected role in the Madrid bombings.
They also are accused of links to Egyptian Rabei Osman Ahmed, who was extradited to Spain from Italy in December and is considered a key figure in the Madrid attacks, and to Imad Yarkas, a Syrian-born Spaniard who is in jail charged with providing financing and logistics for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Meanwhile, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Saturday met with an association representing victims of the bombings.
Pilar Manjon, the association's leader who has campaigned for better victim services, said the meeting was "cordial, long and fruitful," but declined to give any details.
Syrian arrested said tied to Madrid blast (Mohannad Almallah Dabas)
Man you're really on top of this! Good job.
Thanks!
little by little , the extremists are being reeled in.
Terrorist Ping
Another one bites the dust :-)
Thanks for the ping.
You just have to love it when one brother rats out the other! I'd hate to be at dinner at their house this Ramadan. LOL
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