Five More Arrested as Al Qaeda Suspects
Spanish police arrested five people of Syrian origin for suspected ties to Al Qaeda, including a highly trained guerrilla prepared to commit a major suicide attack, police sources said.
A separate source involved in the investigation said some of the suspects were linked to a journalist for Arabic TV channel Al Jazeera who has been charged in Spain with belonging to the terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden.
The arrests came a day after investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzon formally charged Bin Laden, the journalist Taysir Alouni and 33 others with “belonging to a terrorist group.” Alouni has denied wrongdoing.
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