Abu Dahdah

Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas alias Abu Dahdah ( _ar. Soldiers of Allah] , which included Abdulla Khayata, Osama Darra, Jasem Mahboule, Mohamed Needl, Mohamed Zaher, José Luis Galán, Sadik Meriziak, Abdulaziz Benyaich, Najib Chaib, Hassan Al Hussein, and Mohamed Ghaleb Kalaje. His trial began April 22nd, and Dahdah pled not guilty, maintaining his innocence.

Although prosecutor Pedro Rubira had sought 74,337 years imprisonment, Dahdah was sentenced to 15 years for conspiracy to commit terrorist murders, and another 12 years for leading a terrorist organization, the sentences to be served consecutively.

While serving his third year in prison, Dahdah was accused by intelligence officer Rafael Gomez Menor who reported to the Spanish parliament that the Madrid train bombings in 2004 had been "Abu Dahdah, without any doubt". It was alleged that he helped direct the operations during prison visits from Walid al-Masri.

External links

* [http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/09/26/spain-sept11-yarkas.jpgPhotograph of Abu Dahdah] during his trial, at USA Today
* [http://estaticos02.cache.el-mundo.net/elmundo/imagenes/2004/10/25/1098615836_0.jpg"Mugshot" of Abu Dahdah] , at El Mundo.