Italian media report on terrorist links: Spanish Al - Qaeida cell trained in Zenica
Oslobodjenje (Sarajevo) - March 17, 2004
Written by: Sanja MihaljinacRome. The Spanish Al Qaeda cell, according to Italian intelligence sources, originated in the Mujahidin who were trained in camps near Zenica during the war in Bosnia. After the war, they moved to Spain, according to Italian media.
Sleeper agents. From Ancona to Split, then to their final destination, Zenica in Bosnia.
Among the Bosnian mujahhedin was reported to be Abu Muhamed, sent by Abu Dahdah. La Repubblica reported that the mujahedin training camp in Bosnia trained the Al Qaeda sleeper agents, who were then sent world-wide on secret missions.
After the massacre in Madrid, according to the Italian media, a link was discovered between cells in Italy with those in Spain. Madrid agents alerted the Italians after dozens of wire taps of “suspicious” Arabs living in Spain undeniable links of fundamentalist organizations in Spain and Italy.
Spanish agents called Italy the logistic base for “sleeper terrorists”, having the goal of sending mudjahedin to Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Chechnya.
The newspaper Il Messaggero:
Al Qaeda cells in Italy had undeniable connections with the agents who pulled off the massacres in New York, Washington, Casablanca and Madrid.
On the occasion of the Madrid bombings a map of the Balkans was found in the apartment of Edin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdaha, head of the Al Qaeda in Spain. Ancona (Italy) was the center for connections with the Balkan headquarters in Zenica (central Bosnia).
Abu Dahdah was arresterd in 2001. This will be discussed in the meeting in Madrid of agents from Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Italy.
Italijanski mediji objavili povezanost teroristickih celija
Spanska celija Al - Kaide obucavana u Zenici
RIM - Prema informacijama dobijenim od tajnih sluzbi, spanska celija Al - Kaide nastala je od mudzahedina koji su “obuceni u kampovima pored Zenice za vrijeme rata u BiH, odakle su, poslije rata u BiH, presli u Spaniju”, objavili su u ponedjeljak italijanski mediji. “ Uspavani agenti” Kako se navodi, kretanje mudzahedina ide od Ankone do Splita, pa do krajnje destinacije Zenice. Medju bosanskim mudzahedinima je navodno bio i Abu Muhamed kojeg je osobno tamo poslao Abu Dahdah. Prema navodima lista La Repubblica, kamp za obuku mudzahedina iz Bosne je pripremao upravo tzv.”uspavane agente Al - Kaide”, koji su kasnije slani na sve strane svijeta u tajne misije. Glavna tema talijanskih medija u ponedjeljak bila je povezanost celija Al - Kaide unutar Evrope. Nakon masakra u Madridu, isticu mediji, otkrivena je jaka spona izmedju talijanskih i spanskih celija Al- Kaide. Tajne sigurnosne sluzbe Madrida su obavijestile kolege iz Rima da je nakon desetina prisluskivanih razgovora “sumnjivih” Arapa koji zive u Spaniji nedvojbena povezanost spanskih i talijanskih fundamentalistickih organizacija. Spanski agenti su nazvali Italiju logistickom bazom za “uspavane teroriste”, ciji je jedan od ciljeva i regrutiranje mudzahedina koje su slali u BiH, Afganistan i Ceceniju. U listu Il Messaggero navode da postoje neoborivi dokazi o vezi clanova talijanskih celija Al - Kaide sa “mozgovima koji su organizirali masakre u Njujorku, Vasingtonu, Kazablanci i Madridu”. Mapa-dokaz List navodi da je prilikom pretresa madridskog stana Edina Barakata Yarkasa, poznatog kao Abu Dahdaha, za kojeg se pretpostavlja da je bio sef spanske celije Al - Kaide pronadjena “Balkanska mapa”, po kojoj se vidi da je Ankona bila centralna luka za vezu mudzahedina sa Bosnom. Abu Dahdah je uhapsen 2001. godine, medjutim mapa nadjena u njegovom stanu ce biti jedan od kljucnih dokaza da postoji “centar za obuku mudzahedina u BiH, konkretnije u Zenici”, a sto ce biti jedna od tema danasnjeg sastanka agenata Njemacke,Francuske ,Velike Britanije, Spanije i Italije koji ce se odrzati u Madridu.
Sanja MIHALJINAC