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A judge ruled that Eldar Magomedov (a.k.a. Ahmad Avar) and Muhammad Adamov can be detained unconditionally. Magomedov, a former member of the Russian special forces, had received terrorist training in Pakistan; Adamov was trained in Afghanistan. The pair allegedly plotted with al Qaeda facilitator Cengiz Yalcin to bomb targets in Gibraltar via remote-controlled aircraft.

Two Russian men of Chechen origin have been jailed for alleged links to an al Qaeda plot against European targets, and are described as “extremely dangerous.” A Turkish man said to be a key al Qaeda facilitator in the plot was identified as Cengiz Yalcin.

A Turkish man arrested at an apartment in Andalucia with explosives in his possession has been jailed, and two Chechen accomplices are being held pending further investigation. The Turk, who has been identified only as “CY,” is alleged to be an al Qaeda facilitator.

Three members of an al Qaeda cell, including a Turkish man, were detained during raids in San Roque and Almuradiel. Explosives were seized during the raid in San Roque. The men had recently been seen paragliding in Gibraltar, and may have been planning an attack there.

Police arrested “M.H.A.”, a key al Qaeda operative, in Valencia. “He was known in the heart of the terrorist organization as ‘al Qaeda’s librarian’,” the interior minister said. The suspect worked with al Qaeda affiliates AQAP and AQIM and also recruited and sent extremists to Afghanistan.

A Spanish judge ordered the release of five men detained on Sept. 27 on suspicion of supporting al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The men are still under investigation and the judge ordered the men to report to authorities twice a month.

Civil Guards arrested five men suspected of supporting Islamist terrorists in North Africa. The men are accused of giving logistical and financial support to “terrorist groups that operate in the Algerian area of the Maghreb, specifically for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.”

Police arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of belonging to al Qaeda. The man, who was not named, had 1,120 radical videos on the Internet, many which he produced. He managed jihadist websites that were used for indoctrination and recruitment.

Police arrested Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba for plotting to poison water supplies. Chiba, a Moroccan, obtained manuals to make poisons and explosives on Islamist web forums.

Police arrested a Pakistani man linked to an al Qaeda support cell. The Pakistani forged documents for al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is linked to a cell of seven Pakistanis arrested in Spain and three more arrested in Thailand.