Al-Qaida suspect says co-defendant recruited for holy war

A co-defendant told police that a key al-Qaida suspect – who earlier this week called himself a peace-loving moderate Muslim – is a radical who recruited men for “holy war” training in Afghanistan, according to testimony read to a Madrid court today.

A police statement said Ghasoub al-Abrash Ghalyoun told officers in April 2002 that Imad Yarkas, the accused leader of a Spanish al-Qaida cell, spoke often jihad, or holy war.