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Spanish police detained 12 Islamic extremists in a series of raids in Barcelona, Madrid, and Cadiz. The men were detained for hiding and aiding the escape of al Qaeda members. Hundreds of Germans protested the opening of the first mosque in eastern Berlin.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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