September 11, 2001

 IN MEMORIAM

9/11 coordinating meeting was held in Spain

SPAIN (El Pais/José María Irujo) The coordinators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States held last-minute preparations in Spain, according to classified documents made available by WikiLeaks. Ramzi bin al Shinbh, a prisoner in Guantánamo, met with Mohammed Atta, the leader of the suicide pilots, in the Catalan town of Reus in July 2001. This information is part of the extensive file that interrogators drew up on Bin al Shinbh, considered one of the most dangerous and valuable inmates at the US-run prison camp on the island of Cuba

This file, which EL PAÍS has been given access to, shows that Bin al Shinbh, a Yemeni national, acknowledged the importance of this last meeting, and that he claimed not to have received any assistance from jihadists residing in Spanish territory at the time.>