(AP) Madrid terror suspect left a goodbye note for his family saying he wanted to become a martyr By MAR ROMAN Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain One of the prime suspects in the Madrid train bombings left a goodbye note saying he prayed for martyrdom and encouraging his children to join Islamic militant fighters, according to previously classified documents released Tuesday.
Police said the letter was written and signed by Moroccan Abdenabbi Kounjaa before he committed suicide in April last year. It was among 125 pages of police documents released Tuesday by the National Court judge leading the investigation into the March 11, 2004 bombings. "I ask God to give me the martyrdom so I can be reunited with you in paradise," Kounjaa wrote in Arabic in the handwritten three-page letter, which police said they found at the workplace of another suspect, Saed el Harrak, who was arrested in May. "I don't stand living like a weak and humiliated person under the watch of infidels," Kounjaa wrote. "I prefer death to life." Kounjaa was one of seven bombing suspects who committed suicide as police moved in to arrest them April 3 in Madrid. The bombings on four rush-hour commuter trains killed 191 people and injured more than 2,000. The attacks have been claimed in videos by militants saying they acted on behalf of al-Qaida. Police said Kounjaa had addressed the letter to his wife and children living in Morocco. He urged the children to join Islamic militants. "I ask you to have faith in God and that you follow the mujahedeen brothers in the world and maybe one day you'll be one of them, because that's what I expect from you," Kounjaa wrote. He also told his wife that he doesn't want his children to migrate to "infidel countries." The documents released by Judge Juan Del Olmo also included a police report which highlights the similarity between the bombs that exploded in the Madrid trains and the ones used in attacks in Israel by Palestinian terrorist groups. The police reports state that both in Madrid and in Israel terrorists used nails and bolts as shrapnel and mobile phones to detonate the bombs. The documents also included results of thousands of DNA tests in vehicles and apartments used by the bombing suspects. In one of the reports, police described how they identified a suspect thanks to a small piece of skin found on the handbrake in a car. Twenty-four suspects have been jailed over the March 11 attacks. More than 70 other people were arrested and later freed, but are still considered suspects and remain under court supervision. At least five others are fugitives. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
