Mohamed Omar Debhi was released for lack of evidence but the investigation is kept open, his passport seized and he's been barred from leaving Spain and ordered to report to police daily....well if Al-Queda says that is a positive sign then we can only assume....
Barcelona, 1 Oct. (AKI) - Spanish police have freed a US citizen arrested earlier this week on suspicion of funding Al-Qaeda's North African branch, Algerian daily El Khabar reported on Friday. Upon his release, Mohamed Omar Debhi, who is of Algerian origin, returned to his apartment in the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona, his family said, cited by the paper.
Mohamed Omar Debhi, 43, a
US citizen of Algerian origin
A Spanish judge ordered Debhi's release on Thursday citing a lack of evidence but keeping the investigation open. Dehbi's passport has been seized and he has been barred from leaving Spain and ordered to report to police daily.
Debhi was suspected of sending more than 60,000 euros to the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is based in Algeria.
He was also suspected of money-laundering, tax fraud and forgery.
Fugitive Algerian militant Toufik Mizi, to whom Debhi allegedly sent the money, told El Khabar Debhi's release was "a positive signal."
Mizi said he was planning legal action against Spain's authorities over the "moral damage" he has suffered since being accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda.
Police have been searching for Mizi since 2006. They believe he fled Spain several years ago when the authorities smashed an Al-Qaeda fund-raising cell.
....it is bad for everyone else. right?
