Friday, 21. March 2003
Topic: Terror - on March 21, 2003 at 9:59:08 PM CET
Spanish authorities release Al Qaeda suspects
Chemical weapons material found at their homes turned out to be laundry soap
Authorities in Spain have released almost all of a group of 16 men accused of being Al Qaeda militants - after suspected chemical weapons material found at their homes turned out to be laundry soap.
High Court officials in Madrid say the men, mainly from Algeria, were detained in dawn raids on a dozen homes in the north-eastern region of Catalonia in January.
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