Saturday, May 07, 2005
AP May 5, 2005: An accused Islamic militant who said he is simply a martial-arts and physical-education instructor burst into tears yesterday as he denied belonging to a terrorist cell that allegedly helped plot the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Abdulla Khayata Katan, 29, also said Spain's top counter-terrorism judge browbeat him into making false statements.
Katan said guards at a Jordanian jail humiliated and abused him during a three-day interrogation in February 2004.
Judge Baltasar Garzon, an investigative magistrate, then put pressure on him to falsely incriminate the accused terror cell leader, Imad Yarkas, and others, Katan said.
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