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...series of sweeps across Spain netted a clutch of suspected Islamist extremists, but also fanned concerns that despite increased police pressure, jihadist activity has actually grown in recent months. Some 500 members of the security forces staged coordinated raids across Spain and its northern Moroccan enclave of Ceuta last week, taking in 16 alleged members of radical Islamist groups. Five were charged with involvement in the March 11, 2004, Madrid bombings that killed 191 and injured over 1,000. Spanish authorities say the other 11 men are suspected of recruiting radicals to join the insurgency fighting U.S.-led forces...
...coast. Later Spain offered to remove its troops if Morocco guaranteed it would not reoccupy the island. Perejil, known to Morocco as Leila, was unheard of till Moroccan troops landed on the uninhabited rock. Spain's concern for Perejil comes from its position near Spain's North African enclave Ceuta. GREECE 17 November Cracked Greek authorities detained a 58-year-old math professor suspected of being the leader, and a founder member, of the terrorist group Revolutionary Organization 17 November. The group's alleged mastermind, Michalis Economou, was captured by police who stormed his home island of Lipsi...
...Spain needs rock problems like a hole in the cabeza. Their Perejil adventure may have been ended by Spain's superior military strength, but it has enabled them to draw the world's attention to the fact that Spain still holds two enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla. So if Gibraltar is inextricably part of Spain, as Madrid claims, how come Ceuta and Melilla - and little Perejil - are not inextricably part of Morocco? Maybe their next idea will be that Rabat and Madrid should have co-sovereignty over Perejil. That would certainly be easier to organize than...
...northern Moroccan coast to launch preparations for attacking a U.S. or British warship passing through the narrow Strait of Gibraltar. Using the meticulous planning for the Cole operation as their blueprint, they scouted for housing that could serve as a surveillance post overlooking refueling stations in Mellilia and in Ceuta, Spanish-controlled coastal enclaves in Morocco. The pair, sources tell TIME, also looked into purchasing a Zodiac, a motorized skiff that could be transformed into a torpedo operated by a suicide terrorist...
...sunny Canary Islands, 72 miles off Africa's northwest coast, Spain has created a bustling tourists' paradise, complete with golf courses, luxury ho tels and fancy restaurants. Spain's three other territories - Ifni on the West Coast and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the Mediterranean - are little more than army bases; yet even there, Spain has taken pains to make friends with neigh boring Arabs, sometimes offering them jobs and free medical care...