 Someone's awake in Spain, and as usual it's Seafarious' our favorite judge ... |
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish judge has indicted 22 people suspected of links to a recruitment network sending fighters to Iraq, a court said Tuesday. National Court judge Baltasar Garzon charged 18 of the suspects with belonging to a terrorist organization, and the other four were accused of collaborating with it, the statement said. The cell's mission was to send potential fighters to Iraq ``so they might join in terrorist activity sponsored and directed by al-Qaida,'' Garzon said.
One of those arrested, Moroccan Omar Nakhcha, 24, was also charged with helping some of those involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings to escape from justice. The bombings killed 191 people and wounded 1,800.
A total of 28 people, most of them Moroccans, have gone to trial in connection with the bombings. The five-month trial ended in July and a verdict is expected in late October. |