A Spanish judge has jailed 16 suspected al-Qaida terrorists pending further investigation and a possible extradition request from French authorities probing a failed bomb plot, court sources said.

A Spanish judge today jailed 16 suspected al-Qaida terrorists pending further investigation and a possible extradition request from French authorities probing a failed bombing plot, court sources said.

Sixteen suspected al Qaida terrorists will go before a Spanish judge for preliminary questioning tomorrow.