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January 27th, 2008
Posted: 02:08 PM ET

MADRID (CNN) — Suspected Islamic extremists arrested a week ago in Barcelona were planning al-Qaeda style attacks in Spain, Germany, France, Britain and Portugal, according to an informant who “infiltrated” the group, Spain’s El Pais newspaper reported over the weekend.
“If we attack the metro, the emergency services can’t get there,” one of the suspected suicide bombers told the informant, El Pais reported Saturday. “Our preference is public transport, especially the metro.”
El Pais said it had access to the informant’s testimony to Spanish officials. Some of the details could not immediately be independently confirmed, but CNN has confirmed that authorities have given high importance to an informant’s testimony in the case.
The judge who last Wednesday ordered 10 suspects held in jail for allegedly plotting a suicide attack in Barcelona, cited in his rulings — viewed by CNN — the testimony of an informant.


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