Spanish Police Arrest Suspect Banker for al-Qaida Network

From: Belfast News Letter via the Banking Channel ^ | Apr 25, 2002

[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.

(C) 2002 Belfast News Letter. via ProQuest Information and Lear

[b4its2late]

Too bad France couldn't take a lesson from their neighbors....

[Shermy]

The arrests by Spanish police of Syrian-born property developer Muhammed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi and Algerian boat merchant Ahmed Brahim,
seen in these photos, are offering new insights into the covert network of cash flows that allegedly financed some of Osama bin Laden's worldwide terrorist operations.
Zouaydi's alleged associate, Ghasou al-Arash al-Ghalyoun, also pictured here, was picked up by Spanish police the day after Zouaydi's arrest. (AP Photo/EFE)

[LurkedLongEnough]

They look guilty.