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FLORENCE, Colo. -- Three men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing sent letters from the Supermax federal prison in Colorado that are suspected of being used by a Spanish terror cell to recruit suicide bombers, NewsChannel 4's Jonathan Dienst reported Monday. Letters from one of those men, Mohammed Salameh were found on Mohamed Achraf, one of 17 people charged in October in Spain for an alleged plot to blow up that country's National Court, the network reported, citing confidential documents from a Spanish court. One of the letters to Achraf, the alleged leader of the plot, reads: "Oh...

He also reveals that The Tunisian talked to UCIE agents.Cartagena Identifies the Police Officer that Asked Him to Go into the Leganés Apartment in the Morning of April 3rd.The testimony as protected witness, asked by the State Attorney Olga Sánchez, of the Police informer nicknamed Cartagena has left a lot of question that might change drastically the trial. Some details had been already revealed by EL MUNDO, as the pressure from the Police to avoid mentioning ETA. According to his testimony, The Tunisian was also linked to UCIE Police Officers. Asked by the Accusation Attorney, he gave names: “Enrique, Rubio,...

The justice minister, Christoph Blocher, has dismissed criticism of the way Switzerland dealt with an alleged terrorist. He said the security services had handled the case “outstandingly” well, and blamed an “information breakdown” for the failure to reveal the suspect’s role in a Spanish bomb plot. Blocher’s comments came as the Swiss Federal Prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, held talks in Spain on the case. The 31-year-old suspect, Mohamed Achraf, was originally arrested on immigration offences in Switzerland at the end of August and was awaiting deportation. He has resisted attempts to extradite him to Spain. Spanish media The Federal Prosecutor’s Office...

BERN: Swiss authorities said on Wednesday they are holding a man suspected of leading an Islamic terrorist group in Spain. Federal Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Hansjuerg Mark Wiedmer said the man had been arrested for immigration violations. He declined to identify him but confirmed he was the same individual identified in Spanish media reports. Spanish investigators on Tuesday said the man was Mohamed Achraf. Authorities believe Achraf, who was born in the United Arab Emirates, headed a radical Muslim cell that allegedly was plotting to bomb Spain’s National Court, a hub of investigations of Islamic terrorism. Seven suspects were arrested on...