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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“This is one of the most important operations carried out against
al-Qaeda,” Fernandez Diaz told reporters. He said the operation
involved close collaboration with intelligence services from “Spain’s
allies,” without identifying any of the countries.
The arrests came as the Summer Olympics were being held in Britain under tight
security against possible terrorist attacks, including military aircraft and
ground-to-air missiles.
Spanish authorities had been watching the suspects for “some time,”
the minister said and decided to arrest them after the Russian and the
Russian of Chechen descent took a bus toward France.
The two arrested in the bus were traveling from southern Cadiz to the northern
town of Irun, possibly intending to cross into France, the minister said.
The pair had been in Spain for about two months. Cadiz is near the large US
military base in Rota alongside the Mediterranean.
“Police moved to arrest them when it became known that they planned to
leave Spain,” he said.
Fernandez Diaz did not disclose the suspects’ names, but said two were
suspected al-Qaida operatives while the Turk was a facilitator. Pictures of
the suspects were released by Spanish authorities but they were identified
only by their initials: C.Y. for the Turk and A.A.A. and M.A. for the other
two.
The mug shots showed three men who appeared to be in their 30s, two with crew
cuts and one with hair down to his shoulders.
The minister described one operative as a key member of the terror network,
and said both operatives had practiced flying in light aircraft, without
saying where or whether authorities suspect they might have been plotting an
attack using aircraft. One was also an expert in explosives and poisonous
substances, said Fernandez Diaz.
They will appear soon before an investigating magistrate at the National Court
in Madrid and be detained while the judge studies the case and decides on
possible charges. That process could take anywhere from days to months, and
authorities are not likely to release more details about the case until the
judge finishes that work.
Spanish police have arrested dozens of al-Qaida suspects since the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks in the United States, and more after the 2004 train bombings
in Madrid.
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