Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested In Spain: 1 Algerian, 1 Moroccan Held In Joint Operation

Suspected Al Qaeda Members Arrested In Spain
MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish Civil guard secures the area near the court where the 24 suspected members of the Al Quaeda network will appear 22 April 2005, in Madrid. Europe's biggest trial against suspected members of the Al-Qaeda network opened here Friday amid tight security with three of the 24 defendants accused of helping plot the September 11, 2001 terror strike on the United States. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro ARMESTRE (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish Civil guard secures the area near the court where the 24 suspected members of the Al Quaeda network will appear 22 April 2005, in Madrid. Europe's biggest trial against suspected members of the Al-Qaeda network opened here Friday amid tight security with three of the 24 defendants accused of helping plot the September 11, 2001 terror strike on the United States. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro ARMESTRE (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)

MADRID, April 23 (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested two men suspected of being linked to militant Islamist network al Qaeda, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.

One man, an Algerian, was arrested in the eastern province of Zaragoza and the other, a Moroccan, in the southern province of Murcia, after a joint operation between Spain, France and Morocco, the statement said.

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry declined to give any further information. (Reporting by Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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