Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba of Spain

This cell was preparing to attack, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Friday in an interview with Spanish radio network SER.

Rubalcaba said that, for any such suspected terrorist cell, the time from getting explosives to carrying out the attack can be very short.

Rubalcaba said Saturday's raids were distinct from a number of operations against Islamic militants in recent years which largely targeted groups that sought to finance radical groups or recruit members to fight.

Rubalcaba said the group, which had stockpiled bomb-making materials including timers, ball-bearings and batteries, had been ready to act.

Rebecca Rubalcaba is a wedding and portrait photographer in the Visalia area.

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the group arrested were ETA's most active cell.

Also arrested were eight other suspects who allegedly worked secretly for ETA while maintaining the appearance of normal lives, Rubalcaba said at a nationally-televised news conference in Madrid.

Rubalcaba said authorities link Goikoetxea to attacks against three Civil Guard barracks, including the one in May, and an attack against a Basque regional police station.

known to have tried to enter Spain dropped by 24 per cent to about 37,000 people in 2008, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday.

Madrid - The death toll of traffic accidents has fallen to the lowest level in 44 years in Spain, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday.

Suspected ETA member targeted public building, Rubalcaba says - eitb24.

The Spanish Interior minister, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, said at a news conference that the man arrested on Tuesday "was going to strike against a public building in the next few days, presumably in a car park.

Speaking at a press conference, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the suspect, Aritz Arginzoniz Zubiarre, detained by police Tuesday at a bus station in the coastal city of Santander, had plans to carry out a terror attack using a car bomb.

Spains Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Wednesday that Javier Lopez Peña, also known as Thierry, arrested on Tuesday night in Bordeaux (France), was No.

materials and arrested 14 South Asians.

MADRID) - Spain plans to extend the period under which illegal immigrants can be held in custody from the current 40 days, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Thursday.

Rubalcaba said the repatriation process for an illegal immigrant was complex, as such immigrants did not want to return home and their countries of origin often did not want them back.

a member of parliament for the Socialist party for the past 14 years.

On Saturday, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said more arrests were expected and the country was on high security alert.

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The arrest of Lopez Pena is not just another operation, Rubalcaba said in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

It is not just another operation,\' Rubalcaba said in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

Rubalcaba said that a sixth person had also been detained in France in connection with the flat where the suspects were captured in the south-western city of Bordeaux.

in the south-western city of Bordeaux.

But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said in an interview with Cadena Ser radio that Aspiazu was actually ETA's top figure, in charge of overall strategy as well as ordering attacks.

Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the group.

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MADRID (Reuters) - A son of Osama bin Laden has asked Spain for political asylum and is being held at Madrid airport while authorities study his request, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Tuesday.

var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "By Ben Harding MADRID (Reuters) - Islamic radicals may have been plotting attacks in Barcelona, Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Saturday, after police found bomb-making materials and arrested 14 South Asians.

MADRID (Reuters) - Islamic radicals may have been plotting attacks in Barcelona, Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Saturday, after police found bomb-making materials and arrested 14 South Asians.

With less than two months before Spain's next national poll, Rubalcaba said security services remained on high alert.

Rubalcaba said the group, which had stockpiled bomb-making materials including timers and ball-bearings, had been ready to act.

Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba said the detainees, 12 of whom were of Pakistani origin and two from India, has suspected links with an Islamist terror network.

Aug 6, 2007 - 10:25 AM emailthisarticle Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba has a background in sciences, and as Minister for the Interior, has responsiblity in the fight against ETAAlfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was born on 28th July 1951 in Solares, Cantabria, receiving his doctorate in Chemical Science at the Complutense University in Madrid.

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was born on 28th July 1951 in Solares, Cantabria, receiving his doctorate in Chemical Science at the Complutense University in Madrid.

Rubalcaba was moved to another ministerial office in July 1993, when he took on responsibility for the Ministry of Presidency.

During the eight years of Socialist opposition in government Rubalcaba was first a member of parliament for Toledo, and then for Madrid.

Rubalcaba was Socialist spokesman in Parliament when the Defence Minister, José Bono, announced at the beginning of April 2006 that he was leaving politics.

Rubalcaba had been PSOE’s main spokesman in the Anti-Terrorist Pact signed with the Partido Popular during the Socialist Party’s years in opposition, with the announcement of his appointment as Interior Minister coming just two weeks after ETA announced a ‘permanent ceasefire’ in March 2006.

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba is currently a member of parliament for Cantabria and is also a member of PSOE’s federal executive committee and of their federal committee.