Sixteen al-Qaeda Arrested in Spain

(Madrid) In an ongoing operation involving 500 police, Spain's Ministry of the Interior announced the arrests of 16 terrorists linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Five of the terrorists are also suspects in the Madrid train bombings of March 2004. (via In The Bullpen)

According to another source, some of those apprehended are believed to be part of a Zarqawi network in Europe which works primarily to capture and enroll mujahadeen for final missions in Iraq.