Barakat Yarkas
Events (33)
- May 22, 1997: Spanish Intelligence Learns Madrid Cell Is Sending Recuits to Al-Qaeda Training Camps, Takes No Action 1997-05-22
- July 6, 2001 and Shortly After: Monitored Spanish Operatives Attend Meeting Possibly Connected to Atta-Bin Al-Shibh Summit 2001-07-06
- July 8-19, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Atta Meets Associate Bin Al-Shibh and Possibly Others in Spain to Finalize Attack Plans 2001-07-08
- Before July 8, 2001: Monitored European Operatives Appear to Prepare for 9/11 Summit 2001-07-08
- August 27, 2001: Spanish Police Tape Phone Calls Indicating Aviation-Based Plans to Attack US 2001-08-27
- August 1998-September 11, 2001: Spanish and CIA Fail to Share Spanish Surveillance with Germany 2001-09-11
- Shortly After September 11, 2001: Investigators Find Links between Abu Qatada, Madrid Cell, and 9/11 Hijacker Cell in Hamburg 2001-09-11
- September 24-October 2, 2001: US and Germany Freeze Darkazanli’s Bank Accounts 2001-10-02
- October 19, 2001: Madrid Bombings Mastermind Photographed with Head of Al-Qaeda in Spain 2001-10-19
- November 13, 2001: Spanish Militants Not Arrested Are Later Involved in Madrid Bombings 2001-11-13
- November 13, 2001: Spanish Al-Qaeda Leader Barakat Yarkas and Ten Associates Arrested 2001-11-13
- October 21, 2002: German Investigators Say Nine People Still Living Helped 9/11 Plot in Germany 2002-10-21
- January 17, 2003-Late March 2004: Spanish Police Monitoring Apartment where Madrid Bombers Live and Meet 2003-01-17
- March 5, 2004: Madrid Bomber Calls Imprisoned Head of Madrid’s Al-Qaeda Cell 2004-03-05
- May 16, 2005: Newspaper Reveals Spanish Policeman Has Suspicious Background, Including Links to Madrid Bombers 2005-05-16
- September 26, 2005: Spain Convicts Some for Al-Qaeda Ties, but 9/11 Link Does Not Hold 2005-09-26
- Mid-2002-June 1, 2006: Lack of US Cooperation Hinders Al-Qaeda Prosecutions in Spain 2006-06-01
- February 2001: London Home of Prominent Al-Qaeda Imam Is Raided, Police Find Cash for Chechen Fighters
- March 1997-April 2000: French and British Informer Helps Security Services Track Moussaoui and Shoe Bomber Reid
- March 1997: German Government Investigates Hamburg Al-Qaeda Cell
- March 1997: Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Is Monitored Getting Spanish Help to Meet Informant Abu Qatada in Britain
- June 2001: Spain Does Not Heed French Warning to Arrest Future Madrid Train Bomber
- August 2002: Radical Imam Abu Qatada Has Alleged Madrid Bomber Live with Him in London
- August 1997-June 1998: London Imam Abu Qatada and Bin Laden Allegedly Help Wanted Militant Move to Britain
- October 2000-November 2001: Spanish Intelligence Monitors Al-Qaeda Setting Up Training Camp in Indonesia, but Does Not Tell Indonesian Government
- November 1995: Suspect Spanish Policeman Sells Apartment to Monitored Alleged Al-Qaeda Operative
- 1995 and After: Spanish Intelligence Begins Monitoring Al-Qaeda Cell Later Linked to 9/11 Hamburg Cell
- 2000-Early March 2004: Key Madrid Bomber Linked to London Imam Abu Qatada and Other Militants, but Is Not Arrested
- 1995-2000: Monitored Al Jazeera Reporter Allegedly Couriers Money from Spain to Turkey, Chechnya, and Afghanistan for Militants
- 1996: Spanish Intelligence Links Al-Qaeda Leader to Hamburg Cell
- 1995-February 2001: Monitored Al-Qaeda Leader and British Al-Qaeda Informant Raise Money for Chechen Rebels
- Late 1995 and After: Spanish Intelligence Merely Watches Madrid Cell Commit Variety of Crimes to Raise Money for Al-Qaeda
- Spring 2000: CIA Continues Efforts to Recruit Man Close to Hamburg Cell