Bust in Madrid

The cells of alleged al-Qaeda schemers busted in Europe over the last year have been accused of planning attacks in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Strasbourg that luckily never happened. None has been linked to the one that tragically did: the suicide bombing plot of Sept. 11, centered around Mohamed Attas apparently autonomous cell in Hamburg. That changed last week when Spanish investigative judge, Baltasar Garzn, released a preliminary indictment against eight men alleged to have constituted a long-standing al-Qaeda cell in Spain.

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