This short wikileak, written on 2/2/2004, is about how the Spanish National Police tried to gain access to interview to Guantanamo detainees in order to learn more about their training, recruiting, and deployment into Afghanistan. These men’s testimonies could be used in a case against Eddin Barakat Yarkas (Abu Dahdah), a Syrian born Spaniard who was detained for his involvement in the September 11 attacks. Judge Baltasar Garzon is leading the investigation against Yarkas and needs the detainees’ testimonies by April 2004.
Sidenote: When looking up more information about Yarkas, he was sent to jail in Spain for 27 years in Spain for being a member of Al-Qaeda and being involved in the September 11 attacks. His sentence was later reduced to 12 years since his involvement can’t be completely confirmed. He is also a major suspect in the Madrid bombings, having helped orchestrate the entire things during prison visits between him and Walid al-Masri
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