Terri
01-24-2003, 08:26 PM
'Major al-Qaeda attack foiled'
BBC News
Janauary 24, 2003
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar says police have thwarted a "major terrorist attack", following the arrest of 16 suspected al-Qaeda militants in the north-eastern Catalonia region.
Mr Aznar described the arrests as an extraordinarily important strike in the war against terror, adding that explosives and chemical materials were seized.
More than 150 anti-terrorist police agents took part in the pre-dawn swoop against the suspected al-Qaeda cells in more than a dozen apartments in Barcelona and elsewhere in Catalonia.
Mr Aznar said the group had connections to people recently arrested in Britain and France.
Full Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2690629.stm)
Spain is really on the ball these days.
BBC News
Janauary 24, 2003
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar says police have thwarted a "major terrorist attack", following the arrest of 16 suspected al-Qaeda militants in the north-eastern Catalonia region.
Mr Aznar described the arrests as an extraordinarily important strike in the war against terror, adding that explosives and chemical materials were seized.
More than 150 anti-terrorist police agents took part in the pre-dawn swoop against the suspected al-Qaeda cells in more than a dozen apartments in Barcelona and elsewhere in Catalonia.
Mr Aznar said the group had connections to people recently arrested in Britain and France.
Full Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2690629.stm)
Spain is really on the ball these days.