Madrid
One of the Islamic militants who helped plan the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. was also behind the Madrid train bombings, Madrid’s ABC reported this week. Citing information from the FBI, the paper said the unidentified man met with 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and 9/11 mastermind Ramzi Binalshibh in Tarragona, Spain, in July 2001, at one of the last planning sessions for the World Trade Center attack. Then, last December, he came to Madrid and activated the cell that in March carried out the four simultaneous train bombings, which claimed nearly 200 lives. The militant is thought to be a top aide to Mustafa Setmariam, an al Qaida operative who ran a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. The U.S. has offered $5 million for information leading to Setmariam’s arrest.
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