“sons of Spain”.

Al Qaeda’s Number Two, Al Zawahiri, once again referred to the terrorist movement’s intention of recovering “Al-Andalus”, a name that is generally considered to mean Andalucia, although it was the name for original Moorish invaders gave to the the whole of Spain. In an 80-minute video broadcast over the Internet, Al Zawahiri also called for Morocco and Algeria to be cleansed of the “sons of Spain”. The regional government of Ceuta, one of the two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, warned that the Spanish government should consider the threat as being made against the whole country. Osama Bin Laden first referred to Al-Andalus in October 2001 when he said it was imperative to avoid the tragedy of Al-Andalus - the expulsion of the Moors in 1492 - from being repeated in Palestine.