Spanish police today arrested three suspected members of the al-Qaeda network and seized videotapes of several US landmarks including the World Trade Center filmed "from every angle," Spanish interior minister Mr Angel Acebes said.
Mr Acebes said the three suspects were of Syrian origin and that one of them was "clearly implicated in the financial infrastructure of al-Qaeda".
"Extremely important" material was seized, Mr Acebes said, including five video cassettes containing footage filmed by one of the suspects during a 1997 visit to the United States.
Two of the videotapes were of the Twin Towers which were filmed "from every angle and from every distance," said the interior minister.
Bridges and their support beams in particular were filmed in detail, Mr Acebes said.
The arrests took place in Madrid and in the eastern city of Castellon under mandates issued by judge Baltasar Garzon who has been heading an investigation into suspected al-Qaeda cells in Spain since November.
AFP