Abu Qutada Released

On the anniversary of the Madrid bombings (11 March) that killed 191 people, El pais of Spain announced that Omar Mahmud Othman, aka Abu Qutada, has been released by British authorities. He is said to be out on bail.

Spain's most famous prosecutor, Judge Garzon, considers Qutada or Qatada to be the mastermind of the Madrid attacks ayear ago. Qutada had been in detention since 2002. He is believed to be the central al-Qaeda figure in Europe, and has been linked to Richard Reid, best known as the shoe bomber.

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