This official police photo provided by Spain’s Interior Ministry, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, claims to show potential bomb-making material discovered after 14 suspected Islamic militants were arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. The arrests in Barcelona were prompted by information from several unspecified European intelligence agencies, and there was evidence the suspects – 12 Pakistani nationals and two people from India – could have been planning “a terrorist action” in the northern city, Rubalcaba told a news conference. Rubalcaba said police found four timers. “When someone has timers at home you have no option but to think violent acts are being planned,” he said. Civil Guard officers made the arrests as part of raids planned with the National Intelligence Center, the Spanish equivalent of the CIA, Rubalcaba said. Five homes were searched overnight he said. (AP Photo/Spanish Interior Ministry/ho) ** NO SALES **
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