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	The Epoch Times \| Madrid Train Bomb Suspect Ejected From Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jamal Zougam, a 32-year-old Moroccan, is the face many Spaniards associate with the train bombings because he was among the first to be arrested just two days after the attacks of March 11, 2004, that killed 191 people.
		Zougam, unshaven and wearing a colorful shirt with a sweater draped over his shoulders, appeared only as a witness in the unrelated trial of 24 men accused of belonging to al Qaeda.
		Zougam had been under investigation though never arrested in the current case, in which the Spanish cell is accused of recruiting holy warriors for Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-6-1/29224.html (427 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Madrid Probe Turns to Islamic Cell in Morocco
		In Madrid on Friday, Zougam was charged along with his half brother, Mohamed Chaoui, and another Moroccan, Mohamed Bekkali, with belonging to a terrorist organization, four acts of terrorism for each of the four trains bombed, 190 counts of murder, 1,400 counts of attempted murder and auto theft.
		Zougam's half brother, Chaoui, said that on the morning of the attack he woke up at 9:45 with his brother Jamal, who was sleeping beside him.
		Zougam, the last to appear, answered questions from the magistrate without lifting his eyes from the floor, and finished by weeping before the judge, according to a court official.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A9282-2004Mar19?language=printer (987 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Jamal Zougam: Madrid bomb suspect
		Mr Zougam is also alleged to be a follower of Abu Dahdah, the suspected leader of an al-Qaeda cell in Madrid.
		In addition, the name of a Jamal Zougam appears in court documents outlining the case against a French Muslim convert David Courtailler who went on trial on Wednesday in Paris accused of criminal association with a terrorist group.
		Mr Zougam was born in the Moroccan port city of Tangiers on 5 October 1973.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3515790.stm (426 words)

	xymphora: 'Jamal Zougam'
		The main suspect, Jamal Zougam appears to have been a petty scammer and fence who dealt in stolen telephones and credit cards brought to him by a ring of pickpockets in Madrid.
		Zougam is tied into the bombings by a phonecard said to have come from his shop which was found in the one bag of bombs which did not explode.
		If 'Jamal Zougam' (if that is his real name) was involved, and that is certainly not proven, it seems likely he did it for money rather than for religious ideals.
	xymphora.blogspot.com /2004/03/jamal-zougam.html (537 words)

	Madrid Suspects Accused of Terror Crimes in Court \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| 19.03.2004
		Jamal Zougam is considered one of the main suspects in the Madrid bombing investigation.
		The Moroccans -- Jamal Zougam, his brother Mohamed Chaoui and Mohamed Bekkali -- were accused of 190 murders and belonging to a terrorist group.
		Zougam, considered to be one of the main suspects in the bombings, wept in court before being returned to his cell where he reportedly prayed.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1147657,00.html (738 words)

	Spain on hunt for Moroccans / Officials search for ties to 2003 Casablanca attacks
		Zougam, 30, was an associate of a Moroccan fugitive, Amer Azizi, who was charged last fall with belonging to a Madrid al Qaeda cell that played a supporting role in the Sept.
		Zougam, a native of Tangier, was a follower of Fizazi, according to Spanish court documents.
		Zougam moved back and forth from Madrid to Morocco, part of a legal and illegal movement of people and goods that resembles the migratory and commercial flow between Mexico and California.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/17/MNGEQ5MBKA1.DTL (853 words)

	Real Instituto Elcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Existing police knowledge of one of them, Jamal Zougam, is enough to conclude that the attacks were carried out by people linked to the hard core of the al-Qaeda network.
		The home of Jamal Zougam in Madrid was searched on 10 August 2001, a month before the attacks in the US, at the formal request of the French authorities, who also asked for the house of Mohamed Maher Halak, known as Cheij Maher, to be searched.
		Jamal Zougam was potentially, to go by the evidence, one of the most dangerous individuals in Spain.
	www.realinstitutoelcano.org /analisis/468.asp (2551 words)

	Madrid bombing suspects visited Krekar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A French investigator claims to have evidence linking controversial mullah Krekar (picture) to Jamal Zougam, currently jailed on suspicion of being one of the leaders behind the massive train bombings in Madrid, newspaper VG reports.
		Police sources told Reuters bomb survivors had identified Zougam from photographs as having been on board one of the trains but they were treating witness reports cautiously.
		Zougam has been under surveillance by Moroccan intelligence since a bombing at a Spanish culture center in Casablanca last year.
	www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article754830.ece?service=print (284 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Spanish police turn spotlight on more Moroccans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A sixth Moroccan already in custody, Jamal Zougam, was also reported to have been identified by some survivors as being at the scene of one of the attacks.
		Zougam has already been identified by a Spanish judge as a follower of Imad Yarkas, the alleged leader of Spain’s al-Qaeda cell, who remains jailed on suspicion he helped plan the 11 September attacks in New York.
		Zougam’s alleged associations to terror suspects date back more than a decade, when he was introduced to Abdelaziz Benyaich in 1993, Moroccan authorities said.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=308272004 (805 words)

	Dhimmi Watch: "He's not a terrorist. He's my friend. We go to the gym together"
		Madrid suspect Jamal Zougam isn't a terrorist: he's just an ordinary guy who goes to a gym.
		Spanish authorities knew as early as 2001 that Jamal Zougam, a central suspect in the Madrid bombings, had contacts with accused terrorists linked to al-Qaida, an investigator told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
		Despite his suspicious ties, Zougam maneuvered with ease in Spain while making extensive contacts with key militants, from the alleged leader of the Spanish al-Qaida cell to a Kurdish guerrilla group in Iraq, according to court documents and wiretapped conversations.
	www.jihadwatch.org /dhimmiwatch/archives/2004/03/001192print.html (774 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A ringleader of the Spanish bombing, Jamal Zougam, was raided twice by Spanish police, once in July 2001 and then again in November.
		Knowing that he was under suspicion, Zougam nonetheless used cellphones from his own cellphone shop as detonators for the 13 bomb satchels lower-echelon terrorists placed in the Atocha train station.
		Zougam foolishly used his own cellphone to keep in contact with the rest of his ring--implying that his arrest would probably have led to the rollup of the entire cell.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.all,pubID.24544/pub_detail.asp (851 words)

	NPR : Key Suspect in Madrid Bombings Had Al Qaeda Ties
		Zougam, who is in custody, has become a key suspect in the investigation of the March 11 train bombings.
		Spanish officials say Zougam, who is already in custody, is a key suspect in their investigation.
		Zougam is also linked to a suicide bombing last year in Casablanca in which more than 40 people died.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1760742 (502 words)

	TA-ATTACKS: Moroccan, Jamal Zougam, Connected to Al-Qaida and Madrid Attack - single post for printer
		This is the most recent piece in the puzzle connected Bin Laden to the Madrid attacks.
		A Sept. 17, 2003 indictment mentions Jamal Zougam, 30, as a "follower" of Imad Yarkas, the alleged leader of Spain's al-Qaida cell who was jailed for allegedly helping plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
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	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/single.php?post=448220 (176 words)

	Moroccan denies participation in Madrid attacks, tells of ill-treatment at prison
		Moroccan national, Jamal Zougam, suspected of being one of those who planted bombs in Madrid commuter trains on March 11, 2004, said this Wednesday, as he appeared as a witness in the trial of Al-Qaeda members in Spain, he is innocent and complained of ill treatment in prison.
		Jamal Zougam owned a mobile phone shop believed to be the source of the mobile phones which served to trigger the bombs placed in the trains, killing 192 commuters.
		Zougam appeared as a witness in the trial of Al-Qaeda ring in Spain suspected of participating in the March 11 attacks in Madrid.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/050601/2005060121.html (672 words)

	Spain is not calling truce on Al-Quaeda! [Archive] - Military Photos
		One is the Moroccan subjects Jamal Zougam, Mohamed Chaoui and Mohamed Bekkali, and of the Indians Suresh Kumar and Vinay Kholy.
		The Police suspects that Jamal Zougam, born 31 years ago in Tánger, was one of the material authors of the slaughter of "the trains of the death" and, apparently, a witness would have recognized to him traveling in the train that exploded already in the platform of the station of Atocha.
		Jamal Zougam affirmed during its declaration in police dependencies that over him "is only God" and that "the only thing that worries to me is God".
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-8187.html (2271 words)

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		TA-ATTACKS: Moroccan, Jamal Zougam, Connected to Al-Qaida and Madrid Attack
		MADRID - One of the three Moroccans arrested by Spanish officials has been connected to a suspected al-Qaida member jailed for alleged involvement in 9/11 planning.
		Zougam has been arrested in the Madrid bombings.
	www.atsnn.com /article/37978 (119 words)

	Man held in blasts linked to accused al Qaeda operative / Moroccan suspected of helping prepare Madrid train attacks
		The suspect, Jamal Zougam, is one of three Moroccan immigrants who worked for a modest cell phone concern here.
		Zougam, 30, was a particular subject of concern: In both confidential and public court documents, he is linked to the accused leader of an al Qaeda cell in Spain that investigators say helped prepare the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
		The indictment also includes evidence showing that Zougam was in contact with several of Yarkas' associates since 2001 or earlier.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/15/MNG5T5KMJD1.DTL (969 words)

	MiddleEast.org - Mid-East Realities
		Zougam is tied into the bombings by a phonecard said to have come from his
		Five of the men are still at large but the sixth, Jamal Zougam, is among a group of suspects arrested at the weekend.
		Zougam was recognised by two passengers of one of the trains that was bombed Thursday morning.
	www.middleeast.org /forum/fb-public/1/2806.shtml (2121 words)

	USATODAY.com - Algerian suspect brought before Madrid court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The sixth, Jamal Zougam, 30, has been linked to al-Qaeda and is under arrest.
		Zougam has already been identified by Garzon as a follower of Imad Yarkas, the alleged leader of Spain's al-Qaeda cell who is jailed on suspicion he helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
		With signs that the bombings were carried out by Islamic extremists who operate and have confederates in several countries, FBI agents are helping Spanish police in using fingerprints and names to seek a full picture of Zougam and the four other suspects in custody, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said in Washington.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-17-spain-court_x.htm (916 words)

	JUSCOGENS.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mr Zougam, 30, who owns a mobile phone shop in Madrid, is a prime suspect.
		He is accused of multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, stealing a vehicle, belonging to a terrorist organisation and four counts of carrying out terrorist acts.
		He is a cousin of Jamal Ahmidan, who died in the Leganes explosion in April 2004.
	www.aldeilis.net /aldeilis/content/view/1271 (1549 words)

	two indian arrested for spanish blasts - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The man, named as Jamal Zougam, is reported to have been identified by people who survived Thursday's blasts.
		One of the allegations against 30-year-old Mr Zougam is that he has links with the Salafia Jihadia group, held responsible for attacks in the Moroccan city of Casablanca last May that killed 45 people.
		Mr Zougam was detained with Mohamed Bekkali, 31, and Mohamed Chaoui, 34, all from Morocco.
	p076.ezboard.com /fdesivoicefrm58.showMessage?topicID=66.topic (903 words)

	TCS Daily - Blind Justice Is Deadly
		The Spanish authorities failed to apprehend 30-year-old Jamal Zougam, an unindicted co-conspirator and an al Qaeda operative who is now being blamed for the Madrid massacre.
		A Moroccan government source said that Zougam had been under surveillance since terrorist bombings in the coastal city of Casablanca last May. The Al Qaeda network in Spain included Al Jazeera journalist Tayseer Allouni, arrested in September 2003.
		This is not the first time blind justice and cautious law enforcement have threatened the war on terrorism.
	www.tcsdaily.com /article.aspx?id=031704E (892 words)

	Suspect's friends describe a battler fighting discrimination - SpecialsWarOnTerror - www.theage.com.au
		Muslims who knew Jamal Zougam fear that they may be guilty by association.
		He has been arrested with two other Moroccans in connection with the mobile phones used to detonate the 10 backpack bombs that killed 200 people, shocked the world and effectively ended eight years of conservative rule in Spain.
		Yesterday his alleged involvement in the Madrid bombing strengthened after police interviewed a witness who says he saw Mr Zougam leaving a backpack on one of the ill-fated trains.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/03/16/1079199223654.html (551 words)

	The World Today - Five arrested so far for Madrid bombings
		The question is, is it just an indirect unwitting link, or were they willing participants in the massacres that took place on the 11th of March.
		MICHAEL VINCENT: One of the Moroccans arrested is Jamal Zougam.
		Yarkas' lawyer has told The World Today that his client knew Zougam only as a well known salesman of mobile phones and phone cards in the Arabic quarter of Madrid.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1067019.htm (655 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: Milestones -- April 24, 2006 Vol. 167, No. 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		JAMAL ZOUGAM, 32, along with five other conspirators, with the murder of 191 people in the Madrid train bombings of March 2004; in Madrid.
		The Moroccan-born merchant is alleged to have supplied the mobile phones used to detonate backpack bombs on four commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
		Zougam, who denies any involvement in the attacks, was also identified by four witnesses as having traveled on some of the trains shortly before the bomb blasts.
	time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501060424-1184130,00.html (699 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The store was owned by Jamal Zougam, a Moroccan who had previously been under surveillance because of alleged connections to Al Qaeda.
		Another of Fakhet’s friends was Jamal Ahmidan, a drug dealer who police say financed the March 11th bombings with seventy pounds of hashish.
		He quickly informed the Spanish police that Jamal Zougam, the owner of the phone shop, was a major contact for jihad recruits in Europe and Morocco.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?040802fa_fact (9987 words)

	USATODAY.com - Morocco sends security experts to help in Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco said it would send security experts to Madrid on Sunday to help investigate after Spain detained three of its citizens in connection with bombings that killed 200 people.
		Spokesman Nabil Benabdallah identified the three suspects as as Jamal Zougam, 30; Mohamed Bekkali, 31, a mechanic; and Mohamed Chaoui, 34.
		All three are from northern Morocco, but Benabdallah gave no further details about them.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-13-morocco-help_x.htm (411 words)

	The Truth Seeker - Spain's "Terrorists" Not Devout Muslims
		The criminal is instantly turned into Lee Harvey Oswald, and the bombing attack is instantly turned into an act of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.
		One business associate who had visited him just before the attack said (1):
		Moroccan authorities have identified (3) the three arrested Moroccans as Jamal Zugam, 30, an office worker, Muhammad Bekkali, 31, a mechanic and Muhammad Chaui, 34, a factory worker.
	www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /article.asp?ID=1628 (1462 words)

	WorldTribune.com: Speaker in Al Qaida videotape had 'Moroccan accent'
		Officials said the suspects were linked to Islamic insurgency groups.
		Moroccan government spokesman Nabil Bin Abdullah identified the three suspects held by Spain as Jamal Zougam, 30; Mohamed Bekkali, 31, and Mohamed Chaoui, 34.
		Bin Abdullah said all three came from northern Morocco.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2004/af_morocco_03_14.html (308 words)

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