http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6121388.stm Madrid train bombs suspect jailed
A leading suspect in the 2004 Madrid train bombings has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by an Italian court on terrorism charges. Prosecutors in Milan had argued that Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, 35, had ties to a terror cell whose reach extended throughout Europe and to Iraq. He is also suspected of involvement in the Madrid attacks, in which 191 people were killed. The court was told he had contacts with the group said to be behind the blasts. A second co-defendant, Yahia Ragheh, who had lived with Ahmed and who police believe was being groomed to become a suicide bomber, was sentenced to five years. 'It's my work' Ahmed, also known as "Mohammed the Egyptian", arrived in Madrid just before the 11 September attacks in the US, prosecutors said. They said he then established close contact with a Madrid cell suspected of blowing up trains in Madrid. Ahmed is alleged to have spent 18 months in Spain, sharing his expert knowledge of explosives. When police raided an apartment of one of the key suspects in the Madrid, it was Ahmed's mobile phone number they found. In April 2004, Italian police bugged Ahmed's apartment and he was arrested soon afterwards. In transcripts of recorded conversation, Ahmed reacts with joy while watching a video of the beheading of the American hostage Nick Berg in Iraq. In later conversations, he told Ragheh that he was the thread to the Madrid bombings. "It's my work. The project took a lot of studying and a lot of patience. It took me two-and-a-half years," he said. Ahmed was arrested as police in Italy grew worried that he was planning another Madrid-style attack in Belgium. Spanish police, who tipped off Italian investigators, have never identified Ahmed as one of the masterminds of the Madrid bombings, but he is due go on trial in February along with 21 others. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
