Terror suspect takes stand at Madrid trial

A terror suspect who allegedly shot detailed video footage of the World Trade Centre – images described by a Spanish judge as the genesis of the September 11 plots – took the stand today at the trial of an al-Qaida cell accused of helping to plot the suicide airliner attacks.

Ghasoub al-Abrash Ghalyoun, 39, took the video of the twin towers in New York and other landmarks during a visit to the US in 1997, court documents say.