‘Abu Dahdah’, leader of the Al Qaeda in Spain, will leave prison in 6 months.

 06 May 2013   Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah will leave prison within six months, according to his prison record. The Syrian is accused of leading the Al Qaeda cell in Spain, and he was arrested in 2001, just two months after the attacks of 09/11 for which he was sentenced to 27…

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Acquittals of Islamists raise security concerns in Spain

Spain’s National Court acquitted three Islamist extremists suspected of helping to finance al Qaeda. The acquittal is raising questions over the country’s law and judicial systems. Recently acquitted Imad Eddin Baraka Yarkas, known as Abu Dahdah, who is serving a 12 year sentence on a separate charge of having headed in al Qaeda cell in…

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