Posted on 11/23/2005 7:20:15 AM PST by areafiftyone
Spanish police have arrested 10 people suspected of setting up a support network for an Algerian Islamic extremist group linked to al Qaeda.
Officials believe the group was involved in activities such as drug trafficking and credit card fraud, rather than planning an attack.
The arrests followed a police investigation into connections between the group and Algerians in other European countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, Belgium and Denmark.
Police arrested seven of the suspects in the province of Alicante, two in Grenada and one in Murcia province, seizing computers, drugs and documents.
Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso confirmed: "There is nothing to suggest that the dismantled group was going to carry out an attack in the short or medium term."
He added that, at this stage, the arrests were not linked to the March 2004 train bombings in Madrid, which killed 191 people.
According to the Spanish interior ministry, police investigating the train bombings have arrested 63 terrorist suspects since the beginning of the year.
Spain pulled out of the coalition fighting in Iraq!
They made efforts to appease the Arabs!
This cannot be!
But Spain's not part of the coalition of the willing anymore!........There must be some mistake........
Izzy, you took the words right out of my mind, bears repeating:
But wait!
Spain pulled out of the coalition fighting in Iraq!
They made efforts to appease the Arabs!
This cannot be!
nterior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso confirmed: "There is nothing to suggest that the dismantled group was going to carry out an attack in the short or medium term."
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"Move along. Nothing to see here."
This guy sounds French to me.
Algeria and Morocco have their fingers in jihadi pies throughout Europe. Somehow they seem to escape official notice, though. Or at any rate, no one ever calls these countries to account, even though in the case of Morocco, there is some indication that the Moroccan government is aware of the activity conducted by its nationals abroad and possibly even coordinated by other islamists in Morocco. And Algeria has long been famous for its terrorist training camps, etc.
BTTT
The Spanish = The French with Castanets.. ruffles on their clothing.. and a lisp..
FYI
Nov 23 2002 An Algerian militant group suspected of links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida killed nine soldiers in violent clashes east of Algiers. Four police officers were killed 2 days earlier in Bourmedes.
(AP, 11/24/02)
Thanks for the Info. Looks like the Euroweenies will have their hands full from now on. There is a huge population in France and Spain.
Morocco arrests 17 suspected al Qaeda activists
20 Nov 2005 19:43:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2060234.htm
RABAT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Security forces in Morocco have arrested 17 radical Islamists on suspicion of belonging to a "terrorist structure" linked to al Qaeda, the state news agency MAP said on Sunday, quoting a police source......
As for Algeria. you do of couse know that the Algerian government has been fighting a very nasty war against Islamic terror for quite some time now.
While I undertsand the sarcasm behind that statement, consider, now that Spain has "capitulated", what better place to base a group that is to attack outside of Spain (say UK, Italy, etc...). Decent infrasturcture, supportive population, open borders to the EU . . .
I'm aware that Algeria has been fighting, but it's like Pakistan in that respect - however, it doesn't get the same treatment that Pakistan does, either in the sense of strong support or strong negative action against its exported terrorists. Neither does Morocco - every so often, the American (and sometimes the Spanish) government put pressure on Morocco, and they have a very visible bust, but these are mostly arrests of people who want to overthrow the current king. Granted, most of them are jihadists, too.
Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso confirmed: "There is nothing to suggest that the dismantled group was going to carry out an attack in the short or medium term."
Wow wouldn't you love to be a terrorists in a country with this guy as your worst enemy? Geez.
Making kissy-face with terrorists does not make them love you.
They hate you because of their ideology. Their religion, for those of you in Noo Orlins.
France and Spain tried to make nice with people who hate Christian civilization. It failed.
Lesson for USA here.
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