Posted on 01/14/2006 9:02:06 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish judge has jailed seven people accused of recruiting fighters for the Iraqi insurgency, judicial officials said. The recruits allegedly included an Algerian believed to have killed 19 Italians in a suicide attack against a military base in November 2003.
Investigative magistrate Fernando Andreu of the National Court filed preliminary charges against the seven Moroccans he jailed, accusing them of belonging to a terrorist organization. This stops short of a formal indictment but allows authorities to keep the suspects in prison for up to three years while they continue investigating.
The seven were arrested in raids this week, marking the third time since June that Spain has arrested people suspected of aiding the Iraqi insurgency by recruiting and sending people to fight U.S.-led forces, either as guerrillas or suicide attackers. A total of 48 people have been arrested.
Spanish authorities say one of two cells broken up this week recruited an Algerian named Belgacem Bellil, identified as the suicide attacker involved in the bombing that killed 19 Italians and nine Iraqis at an Italian military base in the southern city of Nasariyah in November 2003.
Police and Judge Andreu said this cell was led by one of the seven people now in jail, Mohamed Mrabet Fahsi, who was among 16 people arrested Tuesday in the Catalan town of Vilanova i la Geltru.
Another of the seven jailed late Friday was the imam of the town, Mohamed Samadi.
The Interior Ministry has said both the cell that recruited the suicide bomber and another cell broken up this week were led by Omar Nakhcha, a 23-year-old Moroccan who was arrested Thursday in another Catalan town.
The ministry said Nakcha is also suspected of having helped four suspects in the March 2004 train bombings in Madrid flee the country. One of those, Mohamed Afalah, is alleged to have carried out a suicide attack in Iraq in May 2005.
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It happens whereever peoples let these maggots in to congregate. They are trouble no matter where they are.
bttt
Hang 'em.
He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
Allowing Islamic immigration is treason.
Allowing Islamic immigration is treason.
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NO doubt about it. We are importing potential/actual terrorists determined to destroy this nation from within.
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