Cable: US intel hub to counter Islamism in Spain
The US Embassy in Madrid proposed setting up an intelligence hub in the northeastern region of Catalonia to counter a "major centre of radical Islamist activity", according to a US cable obtained by WikiLeaks and published on Saturday by the newspaper El Pais.
The cable, dated October 2, 2007, said US and Spanish authorities had identified Catalonia as having a "large Muslim Population Susceptible to Jihadist Recruitment" following increased surveillance after the 2004 Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people. (Reuters)
