Posted on 04/25/2002 12:21:06 PM PDT by b4its2late
SPANISH police yesterday arrested another suspected al-Qaida member who is believed to be a key figure in the financing of the terrorist organisation's operations in various countries.
Interior Minister Mariano Rajoy said Syrian-born Spaniard Ghasoub al- Abrash al-Ghalyoun was seized yesterday morning. He gave no more details.
Only a day earlier, police in Madrid arrested another Syrian- born Spaniard, who was described as a key figure in financing terrorist operations of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in various countries including the United States.
Rajoy said the man held yesterday, together with another person arrested some time ago in Spain, "made up a network of businesses that devoted part of their profits to al-Qaida".
Spain has arrested nearly a dozen people over the past six months for their alleged connection to al-Qaida.
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