‘Al-Qaeda men’ may have targeted Gibraltar

August 2nd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

“These are extremely dangerous people. This is one of the biggest
investigations which has been carried out up until now against the al-Qaeda
terrorist group at an international level.”

Two of the suspects, of Russian nationality and reportedly of Chechen origin,
were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday at a service station in Ciudad
Real, 125 miles south of Madrid. One of them had “used uncommon
strength to resist arrest, using the military training he received, and
special forces had to intervene,” said Mr Fernandez.

The Turkish suspect was arrested later at his home in La Linea where police
reportedly seized explosives as well as computers, manuals for flying light
aircraft and remote controlled aircraft. Last night he was identified locally
as Cengiz Yalcin, who worked as a site manager at a building firm on
Gibraltar, crossing the border each day from his home.

An acquaintance in the construction industry recognised Mr Yalcin from
photographs released by Spain’s interior ministry of the three suspects.

“I saw his photo flash up on the news and immediately recognised him as a
site manager I have met on numerous occasions,” said the industry
worker, who did not wish to be named. Mr Yalcin is named as site manager on
the website of Profield Contractors Ltd, one of the larger building firms on
Gibraltar and one that has secured several government contracts.

An employee at the firm confirmed that Mr Yalcin was the man arrested but
declined to comment further.

It is understood that he has worked for the firm for at least three years.
Fellow workers in the industry believe he previously worked for another firm
that had secured contracts with Britain’s Ministry of Defence, but that
could not be confirmed last night.

Photographs of the three suspects were released by the interior ministry but
they were identified only by their initials: C.Y. for the Turk and A.A.A.
and M.A. for the other two.

Gibraltar’s government sought to reassure the public that there was no
immediate threat of attack, but security at the border had been stepped up
and on Wednesday evening every vehicle was stopped at the frontier for
document checks, causing lengthy crossing delays.

The authorities declined to comment on reports that the suspects had links to
Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the November 2008 attack on
Mumbai that killed 166 people.

Last month, two Spanish citizens were arrested in Melilla, a Spanish enclave
in North Africa, on suspicion of terrorism.

In March, Spanish police arrested a Saudi citizen described as “the
librarian” of al-Qaeda, in charge of its propaganda and recruitment
activities.