Lani
07-16-2002, 11:11 PM
California authorities significantly increase security after Spanish arrests (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/07/16/national1629EDT0769.DTL) - San Francisco Chronicle, 7/16/02
State officials alerted police near the Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, and Universal Studios on Tuesday after authorities in Spain seized videos of the sites from suspected al-Qaida terrorists. The video footage was shot during a 1997 tour of the U.S. by three men arrested in Spain on Tuesday.
The images were not the form and type usually taken by tourists, Spain's interior ministry said. Other videos showed Islamic fighters training in camps and during combat scenes in Chechnya, the statement said.
State officials alerted police near the Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, and Universal Studios on Tuesday after authorities in Spain seized videos of the sites from suspected al-Qaida terrorists. The video footage was shot during a 1997 tour of the U.S. by three men arrested in Spain on Tuesday.
The images were not the form and type usually taken by tourists, Spain's interior ministry said. Other videos showed Islamic fighters training in camps and during combat scenes in Chechnya, the statement said.