SALAFIST FORERUNNER KEY TO MADRID BOMBINGS

LONDON [MENL] -- Spain has identified a Moroccan-based group linked to AlQaida as the architect of the train bombings in Madrid that killed morethan 200 people. The Spanish government has determined that the Moroccan IslamicCombatant Group has become the key target of the investigation in the March11attacks on commuter trains. The Moroccan group has been regarded as theforerunner of Salafiya Jihadiya, said to have been responsible for the May2003 suicide strikes in Casablanca.