Islamists held in Spain now 15, possessed bomb ingredients
EFE
Monday, December 19, 2005
Islamists held in Spain now 15, possessed bomb ingredients
Text of report by Spanish news agency Efe
Madrid, 19 December: The interior minister, Jose Antonio Alonso, has said that those arrested in today's operation against Islamist terrorism, who now number 15, had in their possession various components "which can be used for making explosive devices", although other "indispensable" ones were lacking.
Alonso, who reported on the operation against a group engaged in recruiting mujahedin and sending them to Iraq, said that in the two searches carried out in Seville they had seized acetone, oxygenated water, turpentine, solvent, citric acid and liquorice essence, but other "indispensable" components for making explosive devices were lacking.
The interior minister also said that the number arrested has now risen to 15, that the initial investigations indicate that they did not intend to carry out attacks on Spanish territory and that the group - which was going to send two volunteers to Iraq shortly - was divided into a "hard core " which took decisions, another which recruited mujahedin and a third which forged papers.
(Description of Source: Madrid EFE in Spanish -- Spanish semi-official independent news agency)
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