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April 10, 2007
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Spain makes 14 terror arrests
cnn.com ^ | 05/28/07 | Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman
Posted on 05/28/2007 3:56:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
MADRID, Spain (CNN) — Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Islamic terrorists early Monday, mainly around the city of Barcelona, a Spanish anti-terrorism official told CNN. Many of the suspects are of Pakistani origin and are thought to be involved in the recruiting and training of terrorists to be sent to fight Western forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the official said. Eleven of the suspects were arrested in Barcelona and nearby towns in northeastern Spain. Two others were detained in Aranjuez, a town about an hour south of Madrid. The other suspect was arrested in the southern coastal city of Malaga, the official said. The operation is ongoing, the official said. Spain has arrested more than 100 suspected Islamic terrorists since the Madrid train bombings in March 2004 that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800. Most of the arrests since then have been related to the train bombings, but there have also been detentions for a plot to blow up the Madrid courthouse, where terrorism trials are held, and those suspected of recruiting and training terrorists to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of those previously arrested in the Barcelona area were also of Pakistani origin, but most of the other Islamic terror suspects arrested nationwide have been of Moroccan or Algerian origin. Sometimes they have had residency permits and have lived in Spain for months or years before their arrests. The trial of 29 defendants in the train bombings is now in its fourth month.
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