Word: dahdah
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Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentenced the Syrian businessman Edin Barrakat, alias Abu Dahdah, alleged leader of Al Qaeda in Spain, to 27 years in jail for his role in the 9/11 attacks. His sentence is considerably less than the 74,337 years demanded by the prosecution, after Abu Dahdah was found guilty of conspiracy in an act of terrorism over 9/11, but not guilty of the murder of 2,973 victims of that day's attacks. The court sentenced 17 of Barrakat's fellow accused to between six and 11 years in jail, and acquitted the remaining...
...with his mother, who had taken him from Tangiers when he was 10, and two sisters. Inside police found videotapes on bin Laden and jihad and the telephone numbers of three members of the Soldiers of Allah cell run by Syrian-born Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, known as Abu Dahdah. In November 2001 Spanish authorities jailed Yarkas, believed to be the leader of al-Qaeda's cells in Spain, for allegedly helping in the preparation and implementation of the 9/11 attacks...
...Yarkas. According to the November 2001 indictment against Yarkas, police tapping his cell phone heard him tell other contacts that he was in "Jamal's telephone shop." In September 2001 Zougam called Yarkas to say he had just returned to Madrid from Morocco and brought greetings from Abu Dahdah's brother...
Spanish intelligence sources have suggested to their foreign counterparts that some members of the Abu Dahdah cell may have met with Atta in the coastal town of Salou during his still largely unexplained 10-day Spanish sojourn in July. Last week investigators in Madrid would say only that they were still looking into that. Said one: "There?s no question that Spain was not just a strategic zone for laundering money and identities, but also a natural meeting point for Islamic militants from all over...
...Garzón can take his time on this case: Spain?s strong antiterrorism laws allow the eight to be held without trial for two years, with a possible extension of another two. In practice, though, the pressure is on to fill in the details of how the Abu Dahdah cell?s activities fit into al-Qaeda?s global designs...