Spanish police arrested 131 suspected Islamic terrorists in 2004, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.Nearly half of the arrests were in connection with the Madrid train bombings. Forty-two people were arrested as part of an investigation into an Islamic cell that allegedly plotted to blow up the National Court, the nerve center of Spain’s anti-terror investigations, said the ministry statement. Although officials believe most of those involved in on-the-ground planning for the Madrid attacks have been arrested, they warn that other cells are still active and that Spain remains a target. Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said on Wednesday that Spain remains on high alert against radical Islamic terrorism and the armed Basque separatist group ETA.Full Story
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